Brazil registers a new record high on deaths caused by COVID-19, 4,195 deaths in 24 hours. Meanwhile, in an interview to BBC Brazil, Anthony Fauci says the country should adopt a lockdown. Bolsonaro resists to adopt broader social distancing measures.
For the first time since the beginning of pandemic, Brazil surpassed the mark of 4,000 deaths caused by Covid-19, registering 4,195 new deaths in the last 24 hours.
According to data released by National Council of State Health Secretaries (CONASS), total deaths in Brazil reached 336,947 while the number of cases jumped to 13,100,580.
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Country has already surpassed the mark of 335,000 death count by the coronavirus. As a result, the total number of deaths from COVID-19 went to 336,947. In 24 hours, Brazil registered 86,979 new cases of Covid-19, raising the total number of infected by coronavirus (Sars-Cov-2) and its variants to 13,100,580. The average death count from the disease in the last seven days increased again, to 2,757, as well as the average of new cases of Covid-19, increased to 63,210.
