RIO DE JANEIRO, June 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil reported a record 1,349 coronavirus deaths in a 24-hour period Wednesday, the health ministry said, as the pandemic continued to take a grim toll on Latin America’s hardest-hit country.
The figure brought the total death toll from the new coronavirus in Brazil to 32,548, with 584,016 confirmed infections — the second-highest caseload worldwide, after the United States.
Experts say under-testing in the country of 210 million people means the real numbers are probably much higher.
Meanwhile, Mexico on Wednesday recorded more than 1,000 coronavirus-related deaths in a 24-hour period for the first time, the
office of the health secretary announced.
The daily death toll of 1,092 was more than double the 470 fatalities
reported the day before. Health undersecretary Hugh Lopez-Gatell explained the stark jump by saying that some of the deaths recorded on Wednesday had occurred more than two weeks earlier.
The country has now recorded 101,238 cases, the office said. — NNN-AGENCIES
