Coronavirus

Coronavirus daily deaths advance in 12 Brazilian states

Field hospital in Santarém, Pará, were deaths are on a rise. Photo: Pedro Guerreiro / Ag. Pará
Field hospital in Santarém, Pará, were deaths are on a rise. Photo: Pedro Guerreiro / Ag. Pará

Brazil’s 7-day rolling average of new daily coronavirus deaths sits at 1,039 — marking a 31-day streak of four-digit figures. Twelve of the country’s 27 states are observing a rise in casualties — eight of them in the North and Northeast, Brazil’s two poorest regions.

By the numbers. Over 10.1 million Brazilians have contracted Covid-19, and deaths near 246,000.

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