The coronavirus pandemic has killed 751 more people in 24 hours in Brazil, a daily record, the Ministry of Health of the most affected country in Latin America announced on Friday, which now totals nearly 150,000 cases of contamination and 10,000 deaths. .
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These official figures, communicated at the end of each day by the ministry, are widely questioned by the scientific community, which evokes a national balance sheet up to 15 times higher.
As of Friday evening, the mainland country of 210 million people officially registered 145,328 confirmed cases of covid-19 and 9,897 deaths. In 24 hours, 10,222 additional cases of contamination were recorded in this country which could be the new epicenter of the pandemic in June.