Brazil reports 15,383 new coronavirus cases, 271 deaths

FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker performs a PCR test on student Kaique Gabriel da Silva at Almir Pereira Bahia Reverendo state school in Taboao da Serra, on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil October 15, 2020. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

Brazil recorded 15,383 additional confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, and 271 deaths from the disease, the Health Ministry said on Monday.

Brazil has registered more than 5.2 million cases of the virus since the pandemic began, while the official death toll has risen to 154,176, according to ministry data.

(Reporting by Pedro Fonseca; Editing by Leslie Adler)