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The Ministry of Health reported that 641 deaths from COVID-19 had been registered the previous day, bringing the total number of pandemic victims in the country to 50,617. There are 1,085,038 cases of infection in Brazil.
Brazil is the country most affected by the pandemic in the world after the United States, with almost 120,000 registered. deaths and more than 2.2 million. infection cases
President Jair Bolsonaro, who compares COVID-19 to “mild flu,” has been in conflict with state and local officials over his quarantine measures and the closure of businesses to stop the spread of the virus.
The far-right leader argues that the economic impact of such measures may be greater than the virus itself.
Coronavirus is spreading more rapidly in Latin America, where Mexico, Peru and Chile have also been greatly affected.
170 thousand were registered in Mexico. infection cases, including 20,349 deaths.
In Peru, the number of people killed by COVID-19 on Sunday exceeded 8,000. The country is preparing to reopen shopping centers that have been closed for 99 days on Monday.
In Argentina, the number of victims of the disease exceeded 1,000 on Sunday.
In Chile, the introduction of a new calculation method, including probable deaths from COVID-19, nearly doubled the number of coronavir victims in the country to 7,144 on Saturday.
Experts say the actual numbers are probably much higher because the tests are inadequate.
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