Brazil is in a bad situation in many cities right now, with many deaths and a shortage of hospital beds. More than 36,000 new cases have been diagnosed in Brazil in the past 72 hours. According to the latest data released by the Brazilian Ministry of Health on May 18th, there were 13,140 new cases of pneumonia in a single day, with a cumulative total of 254,220 cases, and 674 new deaths, with a cumulative total of 16,792 deaths. Currently, Brazil's total number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia exceeds that of the United Kingdom and ranks third globally, behind only the United States and Russia.
As of May 18, there were more than 500,000 confirmed cases across Latin America and the Caribbean, with Brazil alone accounting for nearly 50 percent of them.
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Reasons for the high number of new cases in Brazil:
Brazil's high number of confirmed cases of new cases of coronavirus pneumonia has been attributed to Brazil's large population, weak healthcare system, and poor implementation of home isolation measures. Although social isolation measures have been in place since the end of March, recent surveys have shown social isolation rates of less than 50%, which is below the ideal 70% social isolation rate.