Total coronavirus cases in Brazil top 0.1 million

Reuters | Published: May 04, 2020 11:48:06 | Updated: May 06, 2020 09:48:33

Passengers wearing protective face masks travel on a public bus during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on April 29, 2020 — Reuters photo

There have been 4,588 new cases of the novel coronavirus in Brazil and 275 deaths over the last 24 hours, the health ministry said on Sunday, bringing total confirmed cases in the country to over 0.1 million (100,000).

The nation has now registered 101,147 confirmed cases of the virus and 7,025 deaths. The number of cases increased roughly 5 per cent on Sunday from the previous day, while deaths rose by roughly 4 per cent, the ministry said.