Brazil registers 244 COVID-19 deaths on Sunday

Brazil registered 244 COVID-19 deaths on Sunday and 9,458 additional cases, according to data released by the nation's Health Ministry. The South American country has now registered a total of 590,752 total coronavirus deaths and 21,239,783 total confirmed cases.

On Saturday, Brazil registered over 150,000 cases https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-reports-over-150000-covid-19-cases-one-day-amid-rio-backlog-2021-09-19, due to a backlog of cases in Rio de Janeiro that had not been previously reported to the Health Ministry.

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