Brazil coronavirus new cases jump by 53,347, death toll nudges 180,000 -health ministry

Brazil reported 53,347 additional confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours and 770 deaths from COVID-19, the Health Ministry said on Thursday.

The South American country has now registered 6,781,799 cases since the pandemic began, while the official death toll has risen to 179,756, according to ministry data, in the world's third worst outbreak outside the United States and India.