Coronavirus

Brazil took 23 days to record its third million Covid-19 cases

Brazil took 23 days to record its third million Covid-19 cases
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Along with the unwelcome milestone of 100,000 Covid-19 deaths this weekend, Brazil also crossed the threshold of 3 million total recorded coronavirus cases. And despite having already terrorized the country for five and a half months, the rate of contagion is still increasing.

While it took Brazil almost four months to hit its first million cases, it took a further 27 days to reach 2 million, and then just 23 days to surpass the 3-million-mark. Were this trend to continue, the country could have recorded 4 million cases by the end of August.