COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.The nation of 210 million people has been reporting an average of more than 2,000 daily deaths in recent days.
Brazil’s reported death toll is second only to that of the U.S., where the number of lives lost has topped 600,000. Brazil hits record 100,000 COVID-19 cases in a day Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga confirmed that the official death toll had passed 500,000.“I am working tirelessly to vaccinate all Brazilians in the shortest time possible and change this scenario that has plagued us for over a year,” Queiroga tweeted.Brazil is registering more than 70,000 confirmed coronavirus infections every day.