Brazil became the new global epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday, surpassing the United States (USA) in new daily infections, while setting another record in the number of daily deaths from Covid-19.
The Johns Hopkins University count indicated that the US recorded 63,816 new Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours, while the National Council of Health Secretaries (Conass) of Brazil reported 71,704 new cases in the same period. .
Brazil also registered another record of daily deaths due to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, adding 1,910 deaths in the last 24 hours, the highest number officially reported since the onset of respiratory disease in the country in March last year.
In this way, the South American giant accumulates a total of 10,718,630 infections of Covid-19, with 259,271 deaths, according to Conass.
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