Coronavirus

⚠️ UPDATE: Deaths rise by nearly 10 percent in 24 hours

The latest update by the Health Ministry shows that with 211 new coronavirus deaths, the number of victims rose by nearly 10 percent in 24 hours. With that, the total number of victims has reached 2,352, while the number of confirmed cases is at 36,599. Both the number of daily confirmed cases and deaths slightly decreased in comparison to Friday.

Augusta Saraiva

Augusta is a Brazilian journalism student at Northwestern University

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