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Brazil surpasses US in daily coronavirus death toll

Coronavirus chronicle

Reuters
26 May, 2020, 10:00 am
Last modified: 26 May, 2020, 10:04 am

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Brazil surpasses US in daily coronavirus death toll

Brazil registered 807 deaths over the last 24 hours, whereas 620 died in the United States

Reuters
26 May, 2020, 10:00 am
Last modified: 26 May, 2020, 10:04 am
File Photo: Gravediggers carry a coffin during a collective burial of people that have passed away due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), at the Parque Taruma cemetery in Manaus, Brazil April 28, 2020. Picture taken April 28, 2020/ Reuters
File Photo: Gravediggers carry a coffin during a collective burial of people that have passed away due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), at the Parque Taruma cemetery in Manaus, Brazil April 28, 2020. Picture taken April 28, 2020/ Reuters

Brazil daily coronavirus deaths were higher than fatalities in the United States for the first time over the last 24 hours, according to the country's Health Ministry.

Brazil registered 807 deaths over the last 24 hours, whereas 620 died in the United States.

Brazil has the second worst outbreak in the world, with 374,898 cases, behind the US with 1.637 million cases. Total deaths in the US has reached 97,971, according to Reuters tally compared with Brazil at 23,473.

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