Brazil registered 34,177 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus and 1,163 new deaths on Friday, the health ministry said.
Total cases in Brazil, the world’s second most affected country after the United States, have now risen to 2,046,328 while deaths totaled 76,688.
According to Reuters, more than 14.08 million people have been reported to be infected by the virus globally and 595,459 have died.
Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.
