Overview

• Pernambuco’s health department reported five new suspected intoxications since Sept. 30, bringing the total to 63 suspected cases and adding a newly reported death.
• The Mongaguá municipality confirmed a 16-year-old’s methanol poisoning through clinical criteria and a positive urine test, and the patient remains in intensive care.
• Rio Grande do Sul’s toxicology center launched in‑state gas‑chromatography testing for biological samples and became the notification hub for suspected cases, with one confirmed case already discharged.
• The São Paulo region reported investigations with both discarded and suspected cases, including five discarded and three suspected in Baixada Santista, and Jundiaí confirmed the death of a 37-year-old man after methanol intoxication.
• The Civil Police reported 57 arrests this year for selling adulterated alcohol, including six on Tuesday, as the Health Ministry tallied 213 notifications, 32 confirmed cases and five confirmed deaths in São Paulo.