Brazil coronavirus cases tops 3.5 million, fatalities exceed 112,000 -health ministry


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  • Friday, 21 Aug 2020

FILE PHOTO: Health workers examine a patient suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Lagoa-Barra campaign hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 2, 2020. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil reported 45,323 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 1,204 deaths from the disease caused by the virus in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Thursday.

Brazil has now registered 3,501,975 cases of the virus since the pandemic began, while the official death toll from COVID-19 has risen to 112,304, according to ministry data.

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