Brazil has surpassed a grim milestone — 100,000 deaths from the coronavirus. And five months after the first reported case, the country is showing no signs of crushing the disease. The nation of 210 million people has been reporting an average of more than 1,000 daily deaths from the pandemic since late May, and 905 were recorded in the latest 24-hour period to put Brazil above 100,000. The totals are second only to the United States. And experts believe both numbers are severe undercounts due to insufficient testing.-AP

Source: The Standard August 09, 2020 06:45 UTC