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Brazil COVID-19 death toll surpasses 175,000, with almost 6.5 mln cases

Reuters WORLD
Published December 04,2020
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Indigenous protesters blocked a major transamazonian highway to protest against the lack of governmental support during the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic and illegal deforestation in and around their territories. (Photo by Carl DE SOUZA / AFP)

Brazil reported 50,434 additional confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, and 755 deaths from COVID-19, the Health Ministry said on Thursday.

The South American country has now registered 6,487,084 cases since the pandemic began, while the official death toll has risen to 175,270, according to ministry data. It is the world's third worst outbreak outside the United States and India.