Brazil reports total of 37,312 coronavirus deaths, says health ministry


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  • Monday, 08 Jun 2020

FILE PHOTO: Brothers Carlos Alexandre and Wagner Cardninot, attend the burial of their father, 76- year-old Jose Herminio de Farias, who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Sao Francisco Xavier cemetery in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil June 6, 2020. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil registered 37,312 total coronavirus deaths while overall cases in the country reached 685,427, according to data from the health ministry on Sunday, amid criticism of the government's handling of the pandemic.

Unlike in the previous day, the government released cumulative figures on Sunday and not a tally of deaths and new infections in the last 24 hours. Based on Sunday's data, Brazil registered 1,382 new deaths and 12,581 new cases in the last 24 hours.

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