Brazil logs 226 COVID deaths in 24 hrs : Health Ministry

Brazil has registered 13,355 new COVID-19 cases and 226 new deaths, the Health Ministry said on late Friday.

Iran Press/America: The South American country has now registered 22,003,317 cases since the pandemic began, while the official death toll has risen to  612,370, according to ministry data, in the world's third-worst outbreak outside the United States and India and its second-deadliest.

The global tally of coronavirus cases stands at 256,965,300. While 231,993,052 have recovered, 5,155,590 have died so far. 

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