Brazil overtakes Britain in COVID-19 death toll; now world's second-highest after US

The number of people, who have died of COVID-19 in Brazil, has increased by 909 to 41,828 within the past 24 hours, the national Health Ministry said on late Friday (local time). Within the same period of time, the number of confirmed cases has risen by 25,982 to 828 810. A day earlier, Brazil reported about 30,412 new cases of the coronavirus disease and 1,239 new fatalities.

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