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More than 20,000 people died in Brazil. people infected with coronavirus
In Brazil, the number of victims of the new coronavirus epidemic exceeded 20,000 on Thursday, and the highest number of deaths from COVID-19 per day has been recorded to date, the health ministry said.
This country became the main focus of the coronavirus outbreak in Latin America. In the last day, 1,188 people died in Brazil who were diagnosed with COVID-19, and the total number of victims increased to 20,047.
To date, more than 310,000 have been identified in Brazil. cases of coronavirus infection. According to experts, because tests in the country are limited, the actual numbers are likely to be much higher.
With the rate of contagion and accelerated deaths, 210 million. The most populous country in terms of total COVID-19 cases became the third largest in the world after the United States and Russia.
The death toll doubled in just 11 days, the ministry said.
As the disease spreads at an alarming rate, far-right President Jair Bolsonar continued Thursday to call for the lifting of quarantine measures to revive a paralyzed economy.
Almost all 27 states still have some degree of quarantine, although Brazilians have begun to ease restrictions imposed in late March.
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