Brazil has reported more than 160,000 new Covid-19 cases for the third day in a row, according to the National Council of Health Secretaries. Brazil's entire caseload had risen to 23,766,499 as of Saturday morning, third most after the United States and India.

At the same time, 358 people have died in the country, bringing the total death toll to 622,875, second only to the United States.On Friday, Brazil's mortality rate was 296.3 fatalities per 100,000 people, while the incidence rate was 11,302.5 deaths per 100,000 people.

The emergence of the highly transmissible Omicron strain has resulted in a rise in cases and deaths in Brazil, despite the fact that mass vaccination has significantly decreased the figures in recent months.

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