RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s coronavirus outbreak got worse on Wednesday and the South American nation could soon have the second-highest variety of cases on the planet as the Health Ministry reported 888 brand-new deaths and nearly 20,000 brand-new infections in a single day.
FILE PHOTO: Gravediggers carry the coffin of Avelino Fernandes Filho, 74, who passed away from the coronavirus illness (COVID-19), throughout his funeral service in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 18,2020 REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
Brazil might soon track just the United States in the variety of coronavirus cases. Russia presently has the second-highest number of cases. Brazil’s coronavirus death toll is 18,859
Brazil’s confirmed case tally now stands at 291,579, a/c