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Added on : 2020-05-23 09:52:42

Brazil overtook Russia Friday as the country with the second-highest number of coronavirus infections worldwide behind the United States, as the Americas emerged as a new epicenter of the pandemic. The South American country has now registered 330,890 infections and 21,048 deaths from the new coronavirus, though experts say under-testing means the real figures may be 15 times higher or more. Brazil's death toll rose by 1,001 in 24 hours, the third time in four days it has come in over 1,000. The surge came as the World Health Organization declared

Brazil overtook Russia Friday as the country with the second-highest number of coronavirus infections worldwide behind the United States, as the Americas emerged as a new epicenter of the pandemic. The South American country has now registered 330,890 infections and 21,048 deaths from the new coronavirus, though experts say under-testing means the real figures may be 15 times higher or more. Brazil's death toll rose by 1,001 in 24 hours, the third time in four days it has come in over 1,000. The surge came as the World Health Organization declared

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