Brazil surpasses 2 million coronavirus cases: official

476

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 17, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Brazil topped two million coronavirus cases on Thursday, according to official data that put the number of deaths at more than 76,000.

Figures published by the health ministry showed there were more than 45,000 new cases over the last 24 hours, and an extra 1,300 deaths.

Brazil is the second worst affected country in the world by the coronavirus after the United States.