BRASILIA, May 31 — Brazil yesterday reached 28,834 coronavirus fatalities, authorities said, surpassing hard-hit France and becoming the country with the world's fourth-highest death toll. At the epicentre of South America's coronavirus outbreak, Brazil also saw an increase of 33,274 cases in the...
Gravediggers wearing protective suits carry the coffin of a person who died from the Covid-19 pandemic during a ceremony with no relatives, at Vila Formosa cemetery in Sao Paulo May 22, 2020. — Reuters pic
At the epicentre of South America's coronavirus outbreak, Brazil also saw an increase of 33,274 cases in the past 24 hours — a new daily record, the Health Ministry said. Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro remain the hardest-hit states in Brazil in terms of sheer numbers, while per capita rates are higher in the country's impoverished north and northeast, where health facilities are reaching capacity.
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