Brazil registers 9,888 new cases of coronavirus, 610 deaths on Thursday

FILE PHOTO: Patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are treated at a field hospital set up at a sports gym, in Santo Andre, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, May 6, 2020. Picture taken May 6, 2020. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

Brazil's Health Ministry on Thursday registered 9,888 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus and 610 related deaths in the past 24 hours, according to a ministry website.

That brought the ministry's total to 135,106 confirmed cases in Brazil, with 9,146 deaths from the COVID-19 respiratory disease – the most deadly outbreak in an emerging market nation.

(Reporting by Gram Slattery; Editing by Sandra Maler)