Brazil has surpassed 100,000 coronavirus deaths and three million cases of infection.

Iran PressAmericaBrazil became the second country to pass the grim milestone of 100,000 coronavirus death.

The health ministry reported 905 new deaths in the past 24 hours, as well as 49,970 new cases.

With 100,477 fatalities and 3,012,412 confirmed cases, the South American country of 212 million people is the second hardest-hit country in the global pandemic, after the US.

The global death toll nears 730,000 with 19,804,408 confirmed cases, according to the World Health Organization.

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