RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil registered 42,223 additional coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Friday, bringing the total tally to 1,539,081, the second-worst outbreak in the world behind the United States.
The number of coronavirus deaths rose by 1,290 to 63,174, according to the ministry.
Reporting by Pedro Fonseca; Writing by Gabriela Mello; Editing by Dan Grebler
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