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Brazil reports 34,000 new cases of coronavirus, 1,163 deaths

Reuters WORLD
Published July 18,2020
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Cemetery workers carry the coffin of Bruno Correia, whose family said died of COVID-19, to his gravesite at the Campo da Esperanca cemetery in the Taguatinga neighborhood of Brazil, July 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil registered 34,177 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus and 1,163 new deaths on Friday, the health ministry said.

Total cases in Brazil, the world's second most affected country after the United States, have now risen to 2,046,328 while deaths totaled 76,688.