The third patient dies of monkeypox in Brazil. The man was hospitalized for more than a month in the city of Rio de Janeiro
On Monday 3, Brazil confirmed the third death from monkeypox (monkeypox), since the virus arrived in June of this year. The patient was 31 years old and lived in the municipality of Mesquita, in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The individual had been hospitalized for more than a month and had comorbidities, according to local health authorities.
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Previously, another death caused by monkeypox was also recorded in Rio. In Campos dos Goytacazes, a 33-year-old patient died of the infection in September of this year. Furthermore, reported the death of a 41-year-old in Belo Horizonte, in the state of Minas Gerais. They were all male in common.
understand the case
According to the Rio de Janeiro Department of Health (SES-RJ), the 31-year-old patient had been hospitalized for more than a month in the capital Rio de Janeiro when he died of monekypox infection.
Before monkeypox infection, humans already had low immunity and comorbidities that worsened the disease. During hospitalization, the patient received the experimental drug tecovirimat – which resulted in a partial improvement of the lesions. However, she suffered a respiratory arrest on Saturday (1), which resulted in her death.
Cases of monkeypox in the country
According to the latest update, carried out on Friday (30), the Ministry of Health counts 7,869 official cases of monkeypox in Brazil, including two deaths – this is because the new death in Rio de Janeiro had not yet been notified. In addition, another 4,905 cases are considered suspicious for the infection and are awaiting test results.
So, check out the five states that most of the cases register for monkeypox:
- St. Paul: 3,718 cases of monkeypox;
- Rio de Janeiro: 1,054 cases;
- Minas Gerais: 500 cases;
- Goias: 486 cases;
- Ceará: 332 cases.
Source: Brazil agency And Ministry of Health
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