Brazil's COVID-19 tally tops 8 million
Jan 09, 2021
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Brasilia [Brazil], January 9 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of registered coronavirus cases in Brazil has topped 8 million, the country's Health Ministry said in a statement.
The case tally stands at 8,013,708, an increase of 52,035 in the past 24 hours.
The country's COVID-19 death toll amounts to 201,460, a rise by 962 in the past day.
More than 7 million people have recovered.
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020. (ANI/Sputnik)