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Brazil coronavirus death toll approaches 190,000 -health ministry

Reuters WORLD
Published December 24,2020
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Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. Only essential business will be allowed to operate from Dec. 25 - 27 and Jan. 1 - 3. (AP Photo/Carla Carniel)

Brazil on Thursday registered 58,428 additional cases of the new coronavirus and 762 related deaths in the prior 24 hours, according to data from the country's health ministry.

The South American country has now registered 7,423,945 total confirmed coronavirus cases and 189,982 deaths from COVID-19.