Coronavirus is wreaking havoc across the globe. Brazil comes second in terms of the number of deceased people following the United States with over a half million fatalities and third in terms of the number of confirmed cases after the US and India. Brazil is witnessing a significant number of cases. According to the National Health Ministry, the number of people, who have died of COVID-19 in Brazil, has increased by 1,541 to 251,498 within the last 24 hours. 

The number of confirmed cases in the country has risen by 65,998 to 10,390,461 within the same period of time.

meanwhile, according to the Johns Hopkins University, The total number of global Covid-19 cases has topped 112.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.50 million. In its latest update on Friday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 112,981,257 and 2,507,271 respectively. The US is the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 28,410,902 and 508,114 respectively, according to the CSSE. India comes in second place in terms of cases at 11,046,914.

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