Coronavirus

Brazil breaks into the top 5 countries with most deaths

UPDATE: 78,162 infections, 5,466 deaths
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Brazil’s coronavirus death count has reached 27,878, passing Spain as the country with the fifth-highest number of casualties worldwide. Today was the fourth-straight day with a four-digit figure for new deaths over 24 hours. 

Brazil passed Spain just 73 days after its first Covid-19 casualty, ten days before Spain. On Monday, the Spanish government revised its death count, removing 2,000 cases that were duplicates.


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