Brazil reports highest daily Covid-19 death toll in the world with 1,039 people killed, the fifth straight day the country has topped the list
Gravediggers bury the coffin of a man who died from the coronavirus disease at Vila Formosa cemetery, Brazil's biggest cemetery, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on May 26, 2020.
Latin America's largest country, which has emerged as a new epicentre in the coronavirus pandemic, has seen its daily death toll surge past that of the United States, the hardest-hit country so far. Meanwhile, Brazil's daily death toll has passed 1,000 four times since the pandemic accelerated in the country a week ago.Experts say under-testing means the real number is probably much higher.
But most state governments have stuck to the World Health Organization's guidance and closed non-essential businesses.
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