In all, the country recorded 39 million cases; In 2025 alone, there were 136,861 infected and 698 deaths from the disease
Exactly 5 years after the (World Health Organization) decree Covid’s pandemic on March 11, 2020, Brazil accumulates 39,210,405 million cases e 715,295 deaths by the disease.
COVID-19, caused by the Sars-Cov-2 virus, was identified for the first time in China in December 2019. Quickly, the infection spread around the world. In Brazil, it reached peak in 2021. In March, the Ministry of Health registered in 24 hours.
During the health crisis, the Ministry of Health had 4 ministers.
- Luiz Henrique Mandetta – was fired in April 2020 for defending social isolation;
- Nelson pond – remained in office for less than 1 month;
- general Eduardo Pazuello – took over the ministry in September 2020 and remained until March 2021, when it was replaced by the cardiologist MARCELO QUEIROGA.
WHO declared an end of the global emergency on May 8, 2023, after the significant reduction in cases of infection and deaths. Advances in containing the effect of the virus were associated by health authorities to the scope of vaccination.
COVID-19 cases in Brazil
From January to March 1, 2025, Brazil recorded 136,861 cases and 698 deaths of the disease. The amount is the lowest recorded since the beginning of the pandemic. During the same period, in 2024, the cases totaled 381,446 and the deaths, 1,789.
