The number of deaths in Brazil increased by 18% in 2021 compared to death records in 2020.
Two years ago, about 1.8 million deaths were recorded in the country, which is 273,000 more deaths than in the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, which recorded 1.5 million.
This is the new record in the historical series that began in 1974.
The data were released on Thursday, 16, by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (Subscribe to our Premium Membership Plan. Already Subscribed? Login Here