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Brazil reports 72,715 new coronavirus cases, 2,311 deaths

Reuters WORLD
Published May 12,2021
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Cemeteries in Brazil opened this weekend for the first time for the general public since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Michael DANTAS / AFP)

Brazil recorded 72,715 additional confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, along with 2,311 deaths from COVID-19, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

Brazil has registered nearly 15.3 million cases since the pandemic began, while the official death toll has risen to 425,540, according to ministry data.