Brazil passes Italy and has tredjeflest virusdøde

Brazil defeats Italy with tredjeflest coronarelaterede deaths.

It shows figures from the brazilian health authorities on the night of Friday Danish time, writes the news agency Reuters.

Brazil has registered 34.021 deaths and surpasses thus Italy 33.689 confirmed deaths.

Only the united kingdom with 39.987 deaths and the UNITED states with 108.208 deaths surpassing Brazil, according to figures from the Johns Hopkins University (JHU).

The south american country with 210 million inhabitants registered 1473 new deaths in the past day.

614.941 persons have been tested positive for coronavirusset. It makes the country to the næsthårdest hit the country measured on the number of smittetilfælde. Only the UNITED states surpasses Brazil with nearly 1.9 million infected.

Of the 614.941 infected is over 238.000 declared healthy again, according to figures from the JHU.

Several experts suggest, according to the AFP news agency that the get has been tested for the virus in the population, and therefore the real smittetal be much higher.

the president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has several times - in spite of the increasing infection and death toll - publicly criticized the brazilian state shutdowns of the society.

The right-wing president has encouraged business owners to wage a war against delstatsguvernører who choose to close businesses during coronakrisen. Bolsonaro believe that the closure damage the brazilian economy.

Some cities, including Rio de Janeiro, has, however, chosen to allow street vendors on the roads again. The seven million citizens of the city have also been allowed to engage in some outdoor exercise again.

It happens, despite the fact that smittetallet continues to increase explosively in the country.

It is only nine days ago, Brazil reached 400.000 infected, and five days ago, that the figure of 500,000.