Brazil COVID-19 cases rise to almost 4mn, death toll 123,780

BRASILIA: Brazil reported 46,934 new cases of the coronavirus and 1,184 deaths from the disease caused by the virus in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Wednesday.

Brazil has registered 3,997,865 cases of the virus since the pandemic began, while the official death toll from COVID-19 has risen to 123,780, according to ministry data, in the world's worst coronavirus outbreak outside the United States.