‘Brazil’s COVID-19 situation concerning’

The full emergency room of a hospital in Porto Alegre. Pic/AFP

Brazil reported 2,216 COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, the third day in a row that fatalities exceeded 2,000 in the worst run of deaths since the pandemic began a year ago.

The health ministry also reported 85,663 new Coronavirus infections, its second highest number for one day, as the pandemic surges in South American countries driven by a highly contagious local variant.

The World Health Organisation said the state of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil is very concerning and serious action needs to be taken.

The official death toll has risen to 2,75,105 in the world's second-deadliest outbreak outside the United States.

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11,97,12,028
TOTAL Number OF CORONAVIRUS

CASES IN THE WORLD

26,53,622
Number OF DEATHS WORLDWIDE

9,63,37,194
Number OF RECOVERED PATIENTS

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