Prognosis
Brazil Reports More Than 3,000 Covid Deaths for First Time
- Pandemic is raging unchecked in the Latin American country
- Bolsonaro promises mass vaccination, normal life ‘very soon’
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Brazil reported more than 3,000 Covid-19 deaths for the first time in a 24-hour period, as the pandemic spreads unchecked across Latin America’s biggest economy and overruns its health system.
The Health Ministry said that 3,251 people died Tuesday, bringing the total since the pandemic began to 298,676, the second most globally. Cases surged by 82,493, and 12.13 million people have now been infected.