RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil recorded a new daily record of 1,179 deaths from the new coronavirus on Tuesday, with a total of 17,971 total fatalities and 271,628 confirmed cases, the health ministry said.
Tuesday’s death toll was the first time Brazil has recorded more than 1,000 deaths in a day.
(Reporting by Pedro Fonseca; Editing by Sandra Maler)
