Brazil registers 1,987 new COVID-19 deaths

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil registered 1,987 new COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, the health ministry said. The Latin American nation is reeling from the worst of the pandemic yet and has the highest daily death tolls in the world.

Deaths now total 330,193. Cases rose by 43,515, the ministry said, and now total 12,953,597.