巴西确诊病例累计近240万 里约市宣布取消跨年庆祝活动-中新网 数据显示，截至目前，巴西累计确诊病例和死亡病例数均居全球第二，仅次于美国。 疫情最严重的圣保罗州累计确诊病例接近48万例，死亡病例超过2万例。 塞阿拉州和里约热内卢州确诊分别超过16万例和15万例，帕拉州和巴伊亚州确诊均逾14万例。 而马拉尼昂州和米纳斯吉纳斯州确诊也均超过11万例。 里约热内卢市长马塞罗·克里维拉25日宣布，鉴于新冠肺炎疫情在巴西不断扩散，有效疫苗尚未面市，该市决定取消2021年新年的庆祝活动。 以往该市在新年零点之际都会在著名的科帕卡巴纳海滩举行庆祝活动，2019年最后一天的跨年活动吸引了290万人参加。 同时，该市还决定将2021年狂欢节活动从明年2月延迟至9月举行。 圣保罗市长布鲁诺·科瓦斯已于24日宣布，取消该市原定于今年12月31日在保利斯塔大街举行的跨年庆祝活动，并将2021年狂欢节推迟至明年5月底或7月初举行。
The cumulative number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Brazil was nearly 2.4 million, and Rio de Janeiro announced the cancellation of the New Year's celebration - www.chinanews.com Data show that up to now, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 and deaths in Brazil ranks second in the world, second only to the United States. In São Paulo, where the COVID-19 epidemic was most serious, there were nearly 480,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and more than 20,000 deaths. There were more than 160,000 confirmed cases and 150,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ceara and Rio de Janeiro respectively, and more than 140,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in both Pará and Bahia. In addition, there were more than 110,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in both Maranhão and Minas Gerais. Masero Clivia, mayor of Rio de Janeiro, announced on the 25th that the city had decided to cancel the celebration of the 2021 New Year in consideration of the continuous spread of the COVID-19 epidemic in Brazil and the lack of effective vaccines. In the past, Rio de Janeiro held celebrations at the famous Copa Cabannes Beach at the New Year's Eve, and the New Year's Eve event on the last day of 2019 attracted 2.9 million persons. At the same time, Rio de Janeiro also decided to postpone the 2021 Carnival from February to September next year. Bruno Cobas, mayor of São Paulo, announced on the 24th that the New Year's celebration scheduled to be held on paulista Street on December 31 this year was canceled, and the 2021 Carnival was postponed to the end of May or early July next year.