Virus Death Toll In Brazil Tops 30,000

It is the fourth highest in the world after US, UK and Italy

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Brazil surpassed 30,000 deaths from the coronavirus outbreak as the disease continued to rip through Latin America.

After chalking up devastating human losses in Europe, the virus has now taken a firm grip in Latin America, where Brazil surpassed a chilling landmark late Tuesday.

The latest official Covid-19 death toll of 31,199 is the fourth-highest in the world, after the US, Britain and Italy.

The figures come as some Brazilian states began to emerge from weeks of economically-stifling quarantine measures despite warnings from the WHO and epidemiologists it is too much, too soon.