RJ Records 1st Death by Mpox in the Year After Discharge of Cases in the Capital
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Mpox cases increase 7 times in Rio in two months The state of Rio de Janeiro had a confirmed death by Mpox in the middle of the discharge of cases of the disease. According to the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), the patient became hospitalized at the Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas, but died in the second half of October. The victim was a patient who was between 40 and 49 years old with pre-existing immunosuppressive disease…
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Man from 40 to 49 years old, from Campo Grande, is the first death by Mpox in the state of Rio in 2026, a year that has already added 382 cases.
Victim, who was between 40 and 49 years old, had pre-existing immunosuppressive disease; city of Rio counted 74 infections between September and October, volume seven times higher than that recorded in the same period of 2025. The State Health Secretariat of Rio de Janeiro confirmed on Friday (13) the first death caused by Mpox in the territory [...]
Patient died in September and had pre-existing condition that compromised immunity; capital accounted for 74 infections in two months
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