Hard-Hit Brazil Records 2nd-Highest Daily Death Toll

Health authorities in Brazil have registered the 2nd-highest daily death toll since the coronavirus pandemic began.

The health ministry on Tuesday said that 1,374 deaths had been registered in the previous 24 hours.

The highest daily number of deaths registered so far was on 4 June - 1,473.

Brazil is the 2nd-worst virus affected country after the US with more than 1.1 million confirmed cases, though the real number is thought to be higher.

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has belittled the threat posed by the virus and clashed with governors over the lockdown measures they have imposed in some states.

On Tuesday, a federal judge ordered the president to wear a mask when out in public in the capital, Brasília, or face a fine.

Source: BBC