BRASILIA – Brazil recorded 33,057 more cases of the new coronavirus in the last 24 hours and 739 deaths from the disease, the ministry of fitness announced Saturday.
South America’s largest country has recorded more than 4. 5 million cases of viruses since the start of the pandemic, according to ministry data, calling it the third worst outbreak in the world after the United States and India.
More than 136,000 more people have died from the disease in Brazil, which is currently in the United States alone in terms of coronavirus deaths.
(Reporting through Jake Spring edited through Chris Reese)
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