Brazil Draws Scrutiny for Changes to Coronavirus Data Reporting

SÃO PAULO—The Brazilian federal government is revamping how it calculates and releases knowledge on coronavirus bacterial infections and deaths, sparking criticism that President Jair Bolsonaro is seeking to conceal the true extent of a pandemic that has killed more than 35,000 men and women.

In latest times, the administration of Mr. Bolsonaro, who routinely performs down the severity of the health issues brought about by the new coronavirus, stopped publishing a tally of overall deaths and bacterial infections, reporting only the day’s toll for cases and deaths. The administration…