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Brazil surpasses one million coronavirus cases

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Brazil passed the bleak milestone of one million coronavirus cases, reporting a new one-day record number of infections as the pandemic continues to surge in South America's largest country.

The health ministry said it had recorded 54,771 new infections; a jump it said was largely due to "instability" in its reporting system, which meant some states were reporting figures from multiple days.

That brought the total number of infections in Brazil to 1,032,913, with 48,954 deaths - second only to the United States worldwide.

Experts say under-testing means the real numbers are probably much higher. Despite the grim figures, the infection curve in Brazil is finally showing signs of flattening.

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