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Brazil Reports Almost 70,000 New Covid Infections in Record Day

  • Cases and deaths hit a record Wednesday, health ministry says
  • Reopenings continue with Bolsonaro easing foreign flight rules

A medical worker takes care of a Covid-19 patient at a hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on July 24. 

Photographer: Jonne Roriz/Bloomberg
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Brazil posted record Covid-19 deaths and cases, while also announcing further reopenings all the same.