The figure, second only to the death toll in the United States, quadrupled in two months. Brazil passed the mark of 20,000 COVID-19 deaths on May 21.
Brazil's coronavirus death toll surpassed 80,000 Monday, July 20, according to health ministry figures, as the country hit second-hardest in the world continued struggling to control the pandemic.
The far-right leader is currently in quarantine, along with several infected members of his cabinet. But he previously defied state authorities' stay-at-home measures, whose economic impact he argues could be more damaging than the virus itself. The World Health Organization said Friday the outbreak in Brazil appears to have finally reached a plateau.
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