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Death Toll From COVID-19 Tops 173,000 in Brazil

  • Supporters of the President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro participate in a demonstration against the possible mandatory nature of the coronavirus vaccine today, on Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo

    Supporters of the President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro participate in a demonstration against the possible mandatory nature of the coronavirus vaccine today, on Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo | Photo: EFE / FERNANDO BIZERRA

Published 30 November 2020
Opinion

Brazil is one of the countries hardest hit by the coronavirus, with the world's second-highest death toll and the third-largest caseload.

Brazil registered 21,138 new infections and 287 new deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, raising its national caseload to 6,335,878 and death toll to 173,120, the Health Ministry reported Monday.

Brazil is one of the countries hardest hit by the coronavirus, with the world's second-highest death toll and the third-largest caseload.

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Also on Monday, the World Health Organization (WHO) voiced deep concern over a sharp increase in infection and fatality rates in Brazil.

"I think Brazil has to be very, very serious," said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at a press conference in Geneva.

The South American country managed to flatten the curve between September and November, but statistics rose again after lockdown measures were eased. Enditem

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