coronavirus death rate soars higher in remote villages, indigenous leaders have warned. The Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (Apib), which is tracking the spread of the virus through the country’s indigenous groups, has now accused the government of lacking a contingency plan to protect hundreds of thousands of natives from Covid-19.Brazil has been particularly hard hit by the outbreak of the deadly Covid-19 virus and has the second-highest death toll in the world.More than two million cases and 76,000 people to date have died from the deadly virus.