The Southeast region has 60.2 percent of the cases and the number of those analyzed has increased fourfold compared to the same period in 2023, when 128,842 cases were reported.
Minas Gerais (southeast) appears as the state with the highest deathtoll from the disease, 16.
From February 9 to 12, 13 new victims were reported due to the virus, which is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.
After Minas Gerais were Paraná, with 14 deaths, the Federal District (DF, 13), Sao Paulo (nine), Goiás (six), Santa Catarina (five), Rio Grande do Sul (four), Río de Janeiro (three) and Espíritu Santo (one).
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