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Roraima's healthcare system collapses.

There are already 22.627 infected and 397 dead in a state with fewer than 600 inhabitants.

A patient infected with the novel coronavirus is treated at a hospital in Santiago, Chile, June 18, 2020 (Photo: REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado)

247 - The health system in Roraima has collapsed. The occupancy rate has reached 97%, informa reportagem From the newspaper Estado de S.Paulo.  

There are already 22.627 infected and 397 dead in a state with fewer than 600 inhabitants.

Despite having already reached the peak of the infection curve, the situation in the state shows no sign of improvement. At the General Hospital of Roraima (HGR), the largest in the state, there is a shortage of beds and an excess of patients to treat Covid-19.