BRAZIL SURPASSES SPAIN IN THE NUMBER OF COVID-19 DEATH ROLLS IN THE WORLD

According to official reports on Friday, Brazil is now the fifth highest country hit by the coronavirus pandemic with 27,878 deaths surpassing hard hit Spain in the process.

The country's ministry of health said that the South American nation, which is the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in that continent recorded 1,124 deaths in 24 hours.


It also had a record number of new cases - 26,928 in one day - bringing the total number of infections to 465,166.

The United States, Britain, Italy and France lead the world in coronavirus deaths.

As of Friday Spain had recorded 27,121 deaths, with virus fatalities there rapidly slowing. Brazil could soon surpass France, which has seen 28,714 deaths.

Brazil is second in the number of confirmed cases, though trailing far behind the United States which has 1.7 million infections.

Brazil has seen 131.2 coronavirus deaths per one million people - compared to more than 300 in the United States and 580 in Spain - but the pandemic has yet to peak in the South American country.

"There is no way to foresee" when the outbreak will peak, the Ministry of Health said, and experts say the number of cases in Brazil could be 15 times higher than the confirmed figure because there has been no widespread testing.

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