Brazil reports highest daily death toll of 4,249 People

By ANI | Published: April 9, 2021 05:09 AM2021-04-09T05:09:51+5:302021-04-09T05:20:07+5:30

Brazil has registered 4,249 new fatalities caused by the coronavirus within the past 24 hours, marking the largest daily increase since the start of the outbreak, the national Ministry of Health said.

Brazil reports highest daily death toll of 4,249 People | Brazil reports highest daily death toll of 4,249 People

Brazil reports highest daily death toll of 4,249 People

Brazil has registered 4,249 new fatalities caused by the coronavirus within the past 24 hours, marking the largest daily increase since the start of the outbreak, the national Ministry of Health said.

The death toll from the disease in Brazil has thus reached 345,025 people, according to the ministry.

The number of confirmed cases has risen by 86,652 to 13,279,857 within the same period of time.

Brazil comes second in terms of both the number of COVID-19 cases and the death toll, following the United States with about 31 million cases and more than 560,000 fatalities.

The World Health Orgzation declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on March 11, 2020. To date, more than 133.71 million people have been infected with the coronavirus worldwide, with over 2.89 million fatalities, according to Johns Hopkins University. (/Sputnik)

( With inputs from ANI )

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