With 41,828 fatalities Brazil coronavirus death toll now world's second-highest: Ministry
Health workers from the city of Melgaco check a resident of a small riverside community in the southwest of Marajo Island, state of Para, Brazil
Brazil on Friday reached the grim milestone of becoming the second-highest coronavirus death toll in the world with 41,828 fatalities, surpassing Britain, AFP report said quoting the health ministry data.
The country recorded 909 deaths in the past 24 hours, the report added.
There are 828,810 confirmed infections among a population of 212 million, the ministry said.
Experts say the true number of cases could be 10 or 15 times higher in Brazil, the largest country in Latin America.
The United States has by far the highest death toll and caseload in the world.
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Three and a half months after Brazil's first virus case was detected, the outbreak is far from controlled, although some major cities like Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro have moved to reopen their economies.
Sao Paulo state, with 46 million people, is by far the hardest-hit, with 10,368 deaths -- about a quarter of the country's total -- and 167,900 infections.
Rio de Janeiro has seen 7,417 deaths and nearly 78,000 cases.
As of Friday, Britain had recorded 41,481 deaths from COVID-19.
(With inputs from AFP)