COVID-19: Brazil coronavirus deaths climb to 46,510, cases near 1 million!

• The country is second only to the United States in terms of Covid-19 deaths and cases.

Brazil recorded 1,269 additional Covid-19 deaths on Wednesday, bringing its official death toll from the novel coronavirus to 46,510, the most in the world outside the United States.

The Health Ministry also registered 32,188 new cases of the virus since its Tuesday update, for a total of 955,377 confirmed cases, also second to the United States globally.