Questão
Provão de Bolsas ESA
2020
VER HISTÓRICO DE RESPOSTAS
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August 08, 2020

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL -On Saturday, August 8th, Brazil reached the number of 100,477 deaths from Covid-19 since the start of the novel coronavirus pandemic. According to the Ministry of Health, 905 deaths were recorded over the last 24 hours.

Of the 3,012,412 cases of people infected by the novel coronavirus, 2,094,293 (69.5 percent) have recovered.

A total of 49,970 new cases have been reported by Health Secretariats since Friday, August 7th. The official also shows that the number of people under follow-up stands at 817,642 (21.1 percent). 

 (Adapted from https://riotimesonline.com)

According to the text, it is correct to say that: 
A
the number described is more than a hundred thousand deaths.
B
it is said the number is a hundred thousand deaths. 
C
the number described is less than a hundred thousand deaths.
D
more than a hundred thousand people are working on the research.
E
the correct number of deaths is a thousand.