Brazil's COVID-19 death toll surpasses Spain's
30 May, 2020
Brazil on Friday reached 27,878 coronavirus deaths, official figures showed, surpassing the toll of hard-hit Spain and making it the country with the fifth-highest number of fatalities.
The epicenter of the South American coronavirus outbreak, Brazil saw 1,124 deaths in a day, the Ministry of Health said.
It also had an archive number of new cases -- 26,928 in a single day -- bringing the full total number of infections to 465,166.
The United States, Britain, Italy and France lead the world in coronavirus deaths.
By Friday Spain had recorded 27,121 deaths, with virus fatalities there rapidly slowing. Brazil could soon surpass France, which includes seen 28,714 deaths.
Brazil is second in the number of confirmed cases, though trailing far behind america which includes 1.7 million infections.
Brazil has seen 131.2 coronavirus deaths per one million persons -- compared to a lot more than 300 in america and 580 in Spain -- however the pandemic has yet to peak in the South American country.
"There is no way to foresee" when the outbreak will peak, the Ministry of Health said, and experts say the number of cases in Brazil could possibly be 15 times greater than the confirmed figure because there's been no widespread testing.
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