Iran Press/ America: As many as 27,592 new cases were detected, taking the total caseload to 19,419,437, the ministry said.
Brazil currently has the world's second-highest pandemic death toll after the United States, and the third-largest caseload, after the United States and India.
The South American country, which is experiencing a new wave of infections with hospitals overwhelmed by patients, has a mortality rate of about 259 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, said the ministry.
Some 124.3 million people in Brazil have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and over 34.3 million people have been fully vaccinated.
The global death toll is 4,133,318 with 192,228,302 confirmed cases.
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