Brazil surpasses US daily coronavirus death toll

Brazil’s daily coronavirus deaths have been higher than the number of reported fatalities in the United States over the last two days, as the country's health crisis grows and controversy swells around President Jair Bolsonaro.

The Brazilian health ministry said Tuesday that the country reported at least 1,039 deaths over the last 24 hours.

At least 683 people died from coronavirus in the US during the same time period, according to Johns Hopkins University’s tally of cases.

Brazil reported at least 807 coronavirus deaths on Monday. The US had 498 deaths during the same period.  

As of Tuesday night, the total national death toll in Brazil stands at 24,512.

The Brazilian health ministry on Tuesday said there were at least 16,324 new cases of novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of cases to at least 391,222. 

Source: CNN