BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil registered 5,632 new coronavirus cases on Monday and 396 deaths from the disease, according to the Health Ministry.
The country has now registered a total of 168,331 confirmed cases of the virus and 11,519 deaths. Reporting of coronavirus cases from state health authorities to the ministry tends to slow over the weekend.
(Reporting by Jake Spring; Additional reporting by Pedro Fonseca in Rio de Janeiro; Editing by Chris Reese)