COVID-19 death toll in Brazil surpasses 10,000: Health Ministry
Buenos Aires/Sputnik: Brazil recorded 730 coronavirus fatalities in the past 24 hours with the country’s total death toll now standing at over 10,000 according to the Health Ministry.
In the 24-hour period, 10,611 new coronavirus cases were registered in Brazil, bringing the total number of cases to 155,939 the ministry said on Saturday.
The country's total COVID-19 death toll now stands at 10,627.
The number of recovered individuals in the country stands at 61,685 which is almost 40 percent of all the cases.
On Saturday, Brazil's parliament declared national three-day mourning for the victims of COVID-19.
On Friday, Brazil’s Health Ministry reported 10,222 new cases and 751 new deaths.
A week ago, Brazil had around 100,000 COVID-19 cases and the country’s death toll stood at around 7,000.
According to data from the Johns Hopkins University’s Coronavirus Resource Center, the number of coronavirus cases confirmed globally has surpassed 4 million, while the COVID-19 global death toll stands at over 279,000.
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