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Health

Brazil reports 35,918 new coronavirus cases, 606 deaths

FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker performs a PCR test on student Joana de Morais 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 35,918 additional confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours and 606 deaths from COVID-19, the Health Ministry said on Thursday.

Brazil has registered nearly 6 million cases of the virus since the pandemic began, while the official death toll has risen to 168,061, according to ministry data.

(Reporting by Pedro Fonseca; editing by Diane Craft)

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