BRASILIA, June 4 (NNN-AGENCIES)–– Brazil surpassed 32,568 deaths from the coronavirus outbreak as the disease continued to rip through South America’s worst-hit country.
Figures released by the health ministry showed 1,262 deaths in the previous 24-hours, as well as 28,936 new infections.
The overall number of cases — 584,562 — makes Brazil the second most affected country by the crisis after the United States in terms of infections.
The official COVID-19 death toll of 31,199 released Tuesday is the fourth-highest in the world, after the US, Britain and Italy. — NNN-AGENCIES
