Brazil reports 1,025 more COVID-19 deaths

KATHMANDU: JUNE 21 – Brazil registered 1,025 more deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the national death toll to 501,825, the health ministry said Sunday.

A total of 44,178 new infections were detected, raising the total caseload to 17,927,928, 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 238.8 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, said the ministry.

More than 87.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered nationwide, and over 24.2 million people have received two jabs, it added.