Brazilian health authorities revealed that 74,042 people in the country tested positive for the COVID-19 during the past twenty-four hours, APA reports citing Teletrader.
The figure brings the nation's total to 17,702,630. Cumulative fatalities reached 496,004 in the meantime, with another 2,311 deaths attributed to the virus.
During the same time period, the number of recoveries from the illness increased to a total of 16,077,483 with 1,129,143 still hospitalized.