Brazil coronavirus cases top 3.4 million, death toll nears 110,000
Coronavirus chronicle
19 August, 2020, 09:00 am
Last modified: 19 August, 2020, 09:02 am
Gravediggers carry the coffin of Antonia Rodrigues during her funeral who passed away from the coronavirus disease, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 18, 2020/ Reuters
Brazil reported 47,784 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 1,352 deaths from the disease caused by the virus in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Tuesday.
Brazil has now registered 3,407,354 cases of the virus since the pandemic began, while the official death toll from Covid-19 has risen to 109,888, according to ministry data, marking the world's worst coronavirus outbreak after the United States.
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