SAO PAULO, Dec 21 (NNN-CMA) – Brazil’s health ministry, yesterday, reported 408 deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll in the country to 186,764.
During the same period, another 25,445 cases were registered, bringing the national tally to 7,238,600. Brazil ranks third in the world in the number of confirmed cases, behind the United States and India.
One of those who died yesterday was 87-year-old actress, Nicette Bruno. Bruno was one of the pioneers in television soap operas in Brazil.
A survey conducted by the Datafolha company, released yesterday by the newspaper, Folha de Sao Paulo, showed that, 79 percent of Brazilians said, they knew a victim of the pandemic, while 73 percent said, the pandemic was getting worse.
