Brazil reports 67,636 new coronavirus cases, 2,929 deaths in 24 hours

A man is being inoculated with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine against the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, in Melim, Para State, Brazil, on April 17, 2021. Photo by Joao Paulo GUIMARAES / AFP

BRASILIA — Brazil recorded 67,636 additional confirmed cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, along with 2,929 deaths from COVID-19, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.

Brazil has registered more than 13.9 million cases since the pandemic began, while the official death toll has risen to 371,678, according to ministry data.

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