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Montevideo, April 24th 2024 - 18:34 UTC

Tag: Davi Urbaez

  • Monday, August 10th 2020 - 07:59 UTC

    Brazil's Covid-19 death toll shoots above 100,000 with no relief on sight

    The virus took three months to kill 50,000 people, and just 50 days to kill the next 50,000.

    Brazil's death toll from COVID-19 passed 100,000 on Saturday and continued to climb as most Brazilian cities reopen shops and dining even though the pandemic has yet to peak. Confronting its most lethal outbreak since the Spanish flu a century ago, Brazil reported its first cases of the novel coronavirus at the end of February.