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Brazil Passes U.K. With Third-Most Coronavirus Cases Globally
- Brazil reports 254,220 cases; virus has killed almost 17,000
- Bolsonaro is without a health minister after Teich quit
Doctors and nurses work with patients in the Covid-19 ICU at a hospital in Sao Paulo on May 15, 2020.
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Brazil is now the world’s fastest-growing coronavirus hotspot, accounting for 13% of all new cases globally in the past week.
Just days after it overtook Italy and Spain in total number of cases, the Latin American nation claimed the No. 3 spot from the U.K., reporting 254,220 confirmed cases as of Monday. The country is quickly catching up to Russia, which trails only the U.S., according to data compiled by Bloomberg.