RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil has surpassed a grim milestone — 100,000 deaths from COVID-19. And five months after the first reported case, the country is showing no signs of crushing the disease. The nation of 210 million people has been reporting an average of more than 1,000 daily deaths from the pandemic since late May, and 905 were recorded in the latest 24-hour period to put Brazil above 100,000. The Health Ministry also said there have been been a total of 3,012,412 confirmed infections. The totals are second only to the United States. And experts believe both numbers are severe undercounts due to insufficient testing.
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Luigi do Nascimento and his wife Viviane Melo da Silva, pose for a photo holding pictures of her mother Esther Melo da Silva, in their home in Manaus, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. Da Silva's 67-year-old mother was a healthy lady who loved to help others, go to the church and share her days with her kids and grandchildren. She died from COVID-19 on April 9, after five days in a public hospital. (AP Photo/Helton Belo)
Posted at 12:38 PM, Aug 08, 2020
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