Brazil sets another record for daily coronavirus deaths


  • World
  • Wednesday, 03 Jun 2020

A woman wearing a protective face mask is seen next a thermal camera used to detect high body temperatures at the central bus station and Metro's Central station, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Brasilia, Brazil, June 2, 2020. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil registered another record number of novel coronavirus deaths over the last 24 hours, the health ministry said on Tuesday evening, as the pandemic in Latin America's largest country shows no signs of slowing down.

The nation registered 28,936 additional cases of the novel coronavirus, the ministry said, and 1,262 deaths. There are now 555,383 total confirmed coronavirus cases in Brazil and 31,199 coronavirus deaths.

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