However, the international public health agency cautioned that Brazil is 'still in the middle of this fight' as new cases and deaths grow by thousands every day. Brazil, at the epicenter of Latin America's growing epidemic, on Thursday passed the mark of two million confirmed COVID-19 cases. In total, 2,012,151 cases and 76,688 deaths have been reported amid growing anger over President Jair Bolsonaro's handling of the outbreak. The South American nation surpassed 2million confirmed coronavirus cases on Thursday. The state of Rio de Janeiro, which lies east of São Paulo off the Atlantic Ocean, is third with 134,573 confirmed cases.

Source: Daily Mail July 17, 2020 21:07 UTC