Brazil reports more than 1,000 coronavirus deaths

Brazil has actually become the first nation in the southern hemisphere to surpass 1,000 deaths with coronavirus.

The health ministry confirmed 1,056 deaths and 19,638 cases. The numbers are most likely to be much higher as just patients at health centers are being evaluated.

Many states have enforced quarantine steps but President Jair Bolsonaro has actually challenged the restrictions, saying they needlessly hurt the economy.

Officials state the break out is not expected to peak for a couple of weeks.

There is growing issue that the infection might spiral out of control, especially in poorer locations like favelas, crowded areas where social distancing is hard to achieve and basic sanitation is doing not have, the BBC’s Katy Watson in São Paulo reports

There are also fears that Brazil’s native neighborhoods could be devastat