Number of Covid-19 cases in Brazil rises by 108,732 to over 19.63 mn

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brazil has increased by 108,732 to 19,632,443 within the past 24 hours, the national Ministry of Health said on late Thursday.

According to the ministry, the death toll has risen by 1,324 to 548,340 people within the same period of time.

More than 18.33 million patients have recovered since the start of the outbreak.

A day earlier, the country confirmed 49,757 new coronavirus cases, with 1,412 fatalities.

Brazil comes second in terms of the death toll following the United States with more than 610,000 fatalities, and third in terms of the number of confirmed cases after the US and India.

The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on March 11, 2020. To date, more than 192.95 million people have been infected with the coronavirus worldwide, with over 4.14 million fatalities, according to Johns Hopkins University.