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Brazil Covid Deaths Surpass 200,000, With Daily Case Record

Country reported almost 88,000 new cases on Thursday
Infections have picked up speed, vaccine prospects murky

Doctors and nurses work to resuscitate a patient in the Covid-19 ICU at a hospital in Sao Paulo.Photographer: Jonne Roriz/Bloomberg

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By Julia Leite and Caroline Aragaki

January 7, 2021 at 9:30 PM UTC

Updated on

January 7, 2021 at 9:55 PM UTC

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Brazil’s coronavirus death toll passed 200,000 as the respiratory disease again pummels the Latin American country and a nationwide vaccination plan remains weeks away at best.

Brazil’s Health Ministry reported 1,524 deaths, the highest number since July 29, bringing the total to 200,498, second only to the U.S. The country also added 87,843 cases in the past 24 hours, a record, pushing the total to 7,961,673, according to Ministry data.