For the first time, the interior of São Paulo surpasses the metropolitan region in Covid-19 deaths.
Both the capital and the interior have 166 cases of coronavirus. The number of cases is similar in these two regions.
247 - The capital of São Paulo has reached the same number of coronavirus cases as the interior of the state, which, for the first time, has surpassed the number of deaths in the Greater São Paulo region (excluding the capital), according to the newspaper. Folha de S. Paul.
Both the capital and the interior have 166 cases, according to the Secretary of Regional Development, Marco Vinholi. These cases represent 80% of the infections registered in the state. The remaining 20% are in the Baixada Santista and Greater São Paulo regions.
In the interior of the state, the number of deaths caused by Covid-19 reached 5.616, while in the metropolitan region, 5.338 deaths were recorded. However, the majority of deaths are registered in the capital of São Paulo, which accounts for 45% of the state's 19.788 coronavirus deaths.