Brazil registers 41,576 new coronavirus cases, 709 deaths; total cases 3.3M

Published August 16, 2020 6:05am

A nurse works at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) ward where patients infected with the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, are being treated at the Doctor Ernesto Che Guevara Public Hospital in Marica city, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 5, 2020. Mauro Pimentel/AFP

SAO PAULO - Brazil on Saturday registered 41,576 cases and 709 deaths due to the novel coronavirus, the health ministry said.

Overall, the country now has 107,232 deaths and 3,317,096 confirmed cases. —Reuters

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