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As of Sunday morning, Brazil had recorded 33,000 new coronavirus cases and 956 deaths from the virus, taking their total number of cases closer to 500,000 (498,440) and total number of fatalities from the virus to 28,834. Brazil now has the fourth-highest coronavirus death toll in the world, and the second-highest number of cases. Only the US has more cases (1.77 million).  Brazil's deaths curve is much steeper than those of countries like France, the UK and Italy. In Brazil, the number of deaths has been doubling about every two weeks. In the UK, it doubled every two months, in France, every four months. Brazil President Bolsonaro has called for Brazil's football season to reason despite the sharp increase in the number of new cases. He also mingles with hundreds of supporters in Brasilia without a face mask on.

Brazil's health authorities reported 807 deaths from the novel coronavirus on Monday, taking its death toll from the virus to 23,473 fatalities. 11,687 new coronavirus cases were also detected, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 374,898. A total of 153,898 people have recovered from the virus so far. Brazil's Health Ministry revealed that the country's COVID-19 mortality rate stood at 6.3%. Sao Paolo, Brazil's capital, is the hotbed of the coronavirus pandemic in Brazil. The region reports more than 83,600 infections and 6,200+ dead. Rio de Janeiro and Seara follow, with 39,298 cases, 4105 deaths for Rio de Janeiro and 36,185 cases and 2,493 deaths for Seara.

On May 23, 2020, Brazil became the country with the second-highest number of coronavirus cases in the world. Brazil which has more than 330,890 confirmed cases has overtaken Russia to become the second worst-hit country by the virus, after the US which has more than 1.6 million cases.  1,001 more deaths were reported on Saturday, in Brazil, taking its total number of fatalities from the virus to 21,048. 19,969 new cases were registered, taking the country's total number of confirmed coronavirus cases to 340,000+. Brazil has the highest number of Covid-19 cases and deaths in South America. Despite the rampage caused by the virus in Brazil, its officials are looking forward to loosen restrictive measures. In Rio de Janeiro for example, the mayor wants to gradually reopen non-essential shops over the next few days. According to Johns Hopkins University data, the coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 338,200 people globally, and over 5.21 million people have been infected. Re...

On Wednesday, May 20, Brazil recorded its highest number of coronavirus and cases - 17,408 new cases and 1,179 new deaths. In the past 24 hours, the state of Sao Paulo recorded 324 deaths. This comes a day after it became the country with the third-highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the world, behind the United States and Russia. Since the start of the coronavirus outbreak, Brazil has recorded 17,971 deaths and 271,628 cases.  Despite the havoc caused by the virus in Brazil, her president, Bolsonaro, insists people, including himself, have nothing to fear from the virus, dismissing the risks and comparing Covid-19 to "a little flu". He says quarantines and lockdowns cold have a worse impact on Brazil's economy and continues to call for lockdown measures imposed by local authorities to be lifted. In response to the escalation of the virus in Brazil, POTUS Donald Trump, who Brazil president Bolsonaro has previously described as his "idol", told r...

On Saturday, May 16, health officials in Brazil reported 14,919 new cases, taking their total number of cases to 233,142. Brazil now has the fourth-highest number of coronavirus cases in the world (surpassing Italy and Spain), after the US, Russia and the UK. Brazil also has the fifth-highest coronavirus death toll in the world, with 816 new deaths over the last 24 hours. Its total death toll from the virus stands at 15,633. In Spain, the death toll from the virus was its lowest in more than two months - 87 deaths (the first time the figure dropped below 100). There have been a total of 231,350 cases of coronavirus in Spain and 27,650 deaths. Today, Italy recorded its lowest daily death toll since a lockdown was declared in the country - 145 deaths. In Italy, there have been a total of 224,760 coronavirus cases and 31,908 deaths.