Brazil reports 25,822 new cases of coronavirus and 480 deaths -ministry

Brazil reported 25,822 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, and 480 deaths from COVID-19, the health ministry said on Monday.

The South American country has now registered 8,131,612 cases since the pandemic began, while the official death toll has risen to 203,580, according to ministry data, in the world's third worst outbreak outside the United States and India.