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Brazil reports 739 more COVID-19 deaths

Other News Materials 28 June 2021 06:28 (UTC +04:00)

Brazil registered 739 more deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the national death toll to 513,474, the health ministry said Sunday, Trend reports citing Xinhua.

A total of 33,704 new infections were detected, raising the total caseload to 18,420,598, the ministry said.

Brazil has the world's second highest COVID-19 death toll, after the United States, and the third largest caseload, following the United States and India.

The South American country, which is experiencing a new wave of infections with hospitals overwhelmed by patients, has a mortality rate of 244 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants.

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