The coronavirus pandemic has claimed over 32,000 lives in Brazil, as the South American country keeps recording new records of deaths everyday. Despite the alarming figures, several big cities, such as Rio de Janeiro, have started to ease lockdown measures and are reopening their economies. Brazil has over 500,000 cases, the second highest number in the World, only behind the United States.
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Coronavirus is spreading faster in Brazil than anywhere else on Earth. Doctors at a disease control center say there’s so little testing, the real number of cases could be 15 times higher. President Jair Bolsonaro, when asked about the rising death toll, said he “can’t work miracles.”
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The total number of Covid-19 cases in Brazil has overtaken the figures reported by Spain and Italy. As of May 17, 2020, Brazil had confirmed 233,648 coronavirus infections and 15,668 deaths. Only the US, Russia and the UK have higher case totals so far.
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