Iran Press/America: Brazil now has an official total of 72,100 deaths, the ministry said. The numbers of deaths and cases are usually lower on the weekend because of patchy reporting. Experts say the true totals are likely far higher due to a lack of testing.
Experts say the real number of infections could be far higher as testing lags.
More than 13 million people around the world have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and almost 571,000 have died, according to a tally by the Johns Hopkins University. More than seven million patients have recovered.
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