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⚠️ UPDATE: deaths in Brazil top 4,000

The latest coronavirus update released by Brazil’s Health Ministry is out. Brazil has recorded 5,514 new infections since yesterday — the most for any 24 hours since the beginning of the pandemic.

The number of deaths topped the 4,000 mark, with 376 new deaths.

Augusta Saraiva

Augusta is a Brazilian journalism student at Northwestern University

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