Brasilia, ANI. The death toll from the Corona virus (COVID-19) in Brazil has exceeded 50 thousand. In the last 24 hours, there have been 17,400 new cases in the country and 640 people have died. So far, 10, 85, 038 cases have been reported here. At the same time the death toll has increased to 50,617. News agency ANI was quoted by the country’s health ministry as saying.

According to the Ministry of Health, so far 5,50,000 people have recovered from the infection. On Saturday, Brazil’s Ministry of Health confirmed about 35,000 new Corona virus cases and more than 1,000 new deaths in a 24-hour period. On Friday, the number of infected patients in the country exceeded 1 million. The first case of Corona in Brazil was revealed on 26 February.

Bolsonaro widely criticized

Experts say that due to not much testing, Corona’s case is likely to exceed the official figures. President Jair Bolsonaro was widely criticized for dealing with the crisis. Also, there is no permanent health minister in the country. The two ministers resigned after April’s confrontation with the president.

Brazil second

Let us know that Brazil has the second highest number of corona virus cases and deaths in the world. Only America is ahead, where more than 1,19,900 people have died and more than 2.2 million cases have been reported.

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