SAO PAULO, May 3 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – A total of 96,559 COVID-19 cases have been reported, with 6,750 deaths as of Saturday, the health ministry reported.
In the past 24 hours, Brazil registered 4,970 more cases and 421 deaths, becoming the hardest-hit Latin American country, with the highest number of cases and deaths.
The southeast state of Sao Paulo, Brazil’s epicentre of the outbreak, reported 31,174 infections and 2,586 deaths, followed by the state of Rio de Janeiro with 10,546 infections and 971 deaths, according to the ministry.
The ministry said that, 1,330 deaths are under investigation, and that 40,937 infected patients have recovered.
