Brazil's coronavirus death toll surpassed 80,000 Monday, according to health ministry figures, as the country hit second-hardest in the world continued struggling to control the pandemic.
Graves in the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery in Manaus, Brazil — the country has now registered over 80,000 coronavirus deaths MICHAEL DANTAS AFP
Recently, the Latin American country of 212 million people has regularly registered more than 1,000 new deaths a day — though the figure for Monday was lower, at 632, bringing its overall death toll to 80,120.Experts say under-testing means the real numbers are probably much higher. Bolsonaro, who famously compared the virus to a “little flu,” regularly hit the streets with no face mask until he got infected, shaking hands and taking pictures with supporters at rallies.
There is “an opportunity here now for Brazil… to suppress the transmission of the virus,” said WHO health emergencies chief Michael Ryan, urging the country to “take control.”On average, Brazil has registered more than 1,040 new deaths and 33,000 new infections a day over the past week.
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