RIO DE JANEIRO: Nearly 50,000 people have died from the coronavirus in Brazil, the world No. 2 hotspot, with 1,022 fatalities in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.A total of 49,976 people have officially died from COVID-19 in Brazil, according to the ministry, with a total of 1,067,579 confirmed cases.
Only the United States has recorded more deaths and cases.Brazil confirmed its first case of the novel coronavirus on Feb. 26 and passed 1 million cases on Friday.