Medical personnel stand in a minute of silence for the victims of Covid-19 as they work during the New Year at a field hospital set up at a sports gym in Santo Andre, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, January 1, 2021. [Reuters]Brazilians saw in 2021 with fireworks under unusual social distancing measures, while in a hospital intensive care ward outside Sao Paulo, doctors tending Covid-19 patients held one minute of silence for the passing of a deadly year. The sound of fireworks in the streets outside broke the monotony of whirring ventilators and beeping monitors. Brazil on Thursday reported 56,773 additional confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, and 1,074 deaths from Covid-19, the health ministry said. It was the third day in a row with over 1,000 deaths following the resurgence of the pandemic in the country.

Source: Standard Digital January 01, 2021 04:52 UTC