Overview

• New national tally released Wednesday lists 41 confirmed cases and eight deaths, with 107 suspected cases under investigation and 469 reports discarded.
• São Paulo accounts for most confirmations and fatalities (33 cases, six deaths), with additional cases in Paraná (4), Pernambuco (3) and Rio Grande do Sul (1).
• Health officials confirmed the Jundiaí death of a 37-year-old man and a severe intoxication in a 16-year-old in Mongaguá, while Pernambuco reported more suspected cases and two confirmed deaths.
• The public‑health response includes expanded testing through CIATox/Unicamp and Fiocruz, new gas‑chromatography capacity in Rio Grande do Sul, and shipment of fomepizol to states such as Pará.
• Police actions escalated with São Paulo destroying over 100,000 seized bottles and reporting 57 arrests since late September, alongside new arrests and seizures in Rio Grande do Sul and Mato Grosso.