Health workers visit a squatters camp to conduct examinations in Sao Bernardo do Campo, greater Sao Paulo area, Brazil, on June 3. Andre Penner/APSao Paulo’s government has projected that its coronavirus cases could double by the end of June.
By the end of May, Sao Paulo state – which includes the city of Sao Paulo – had reported a total of 109,698 cases. The government now projects that by the end of June, the cases could reach between 190,000 to 265,000, the state’s Vice-Gov. Rodrigo Garcia said at a news conference Wednesday.
On Tuesday, the state reported a record 327 daily coronavirus-related deaths.
Claiming the advance of the epidemic is “within the predicted dimension,” Garcia said, “this increase we’ve seen in the past few days is not surprising. In April, the epidemic grew 10 times. In May, 3.6 times. For June, we expect the number of cases to grow between 1.7 and 2.4 times.”
On Wednesday, Sao Paulo reported 5,188 new coronavirus cases — taking the state’s total to 123,483.
Last week, the mayor of Sao Paulo city announced a gradual reopening of certain sectors, despite the continued spike of infections and deaths.
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