Brazil s daily deaths from COVID pass 4,000 for first time
MAURICIO SAVARESE, Associated Press
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1of3Wearing a mask to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, Brazil s President Jair Bolsonaro arrives for a ceremony to deliver affordable homes built by the government, in a neighborhood of Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Apr. 5, 2021.Eraldo Peres/APShow MoreShow Less
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SAO PAULO (AP) Brazil reported a 24-hour tally of COVID-19 deaths exceeding 4,000 for the first time Tuesday, becoming the third nation to go above that daily threshold.
A patient being taken by ambulance to a dedicated coronavirus hospital in Rio de Janeiro state on Tuesday. Brazilâs death toll has climbed to almost 337,000. Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP
A patient being taken by ambulance to a dedicated coronavirus hospital in Rio de Janeiro state on Tuesday. Brazilâs death toll has climbed to almost 337,000. Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP
Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro and agencies
Wed 7 Apr 2021 02.48 EDT
Last modified on Wed 7 Apr 2021 03.00 EDT
Brazilâs coronavirus catastrophe has deepened further after more than 4,000 daily deaths were reported for the first time since the outbreak began in February last year.
Scientists fear a showdown between the South African variant and the already rampant Brazilian variant
Reuters
April 07, 2021
A 3D-printed coronavirus model is seen in front of the words coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on display in this illustration taken March 25, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS
RIO DE JANEIRO:
Brazil has recorded its first confirmed case of the highly contagious coronavirus variant discovered in South Africa, a fresh danger sign for a country already ravaged by the world’s highest daily death toll fueled by a widespread local variant.
Last week, scientists at the Butantan biomedical institute said the case, identified in a woman in Sao Paulo state, might be a new local variant. Further analysis confirmed it as the first known local case of the variant widely circulating in South Africa and elsewhere.
Brazil confirms first case of South African variant, makes room for soaring COVID-19 deaths
FILE PHOTO: Gravediggers wearing protective suits handle bags with bones during exhumations to open space on cement graves as new burials are suspended, except private deposits and children, at Vila Nova Cachoeirinha cemetery amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 1, 2021. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli/File Photo reuters tickers
This content was published on April 7, 2021 - 20:27
April 7, 2021 - 20:27
By Eduardo Simões and Pedro Fonseca
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil has recorded its first confirmed case of the highly contagious coronavirus variant discovered in South Africa, a fresh danger sign for a country already ravaged by the world s worst daily death toll and scrambling to make space for burials.