Brazil overtook Russia on Friday as the country with the second-highest number of coronavirus infections worldwide behind the United States, as America emerged as a new epicenter of the pandemic.
The South American country has now recorded 330,890 infections and 21,048 deaths from the new coronavirus, although experts say the lesser evidence means the actual numbers may be 15 times higher or higher.
The number of deaths in Brazil increased by 1,001 in 24 hours, the third time in four days it has come in more than 1,000.
The increase came when the World Health Organization declared South America "a new epicenter" of the pandemic.
"Clearly, there is concern in many of those countries, but clearly the most affected is Brazil at the moment," said WHO Director of Emergencies Mike Ryan.
The United States has recorded more than 1.6 million cases and nearly 96,000 deaths, according to a count by Johns Hopkins University.
Russia has registered 326,488 cases and 3,200 deaths.
From NDTV News
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