Brazil Stops Publishing COVID-19 Figures As Deaths Soar

Over the weekend, as criticism of President Bolsonaro's pandemic response continues to grow, Brazil ceased the publication of its COVID-19 case and death totals. As this infographic shows, using figures compiled by Our World in Data up to the day publication stopped, the move comes as deaths continue to soar and the country further cements its status as the country with the second highest number of confirmed cases.

Commenting on the highly controversial decision, Alberto Beltrame, president of Brazil’s national council of state health secretaries said in a statement: “The authoritarian, insensitive, inhuman and unethical attempt to make those killed by Covid-19 invisible will not succeed. We and Brazilian society will not forget them, nor the tragedy that befalls the nation,”