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Brazil's death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 25,000 people on Wednesday, at 25,598, the Health Ministry said. Deaths from the disease caused by the coronavirus over the last 24 hours were 1,086.
The number of cases rose by 20,599, reaching 411,821 confirmed cases of infection in the country, according to the ministry, making Brazil the second country with over 400,000 cases in the world only after the U.S., where nearly 1.7 million infections were recorded.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is facing criticism over his response to the health and economic crisis as he's accused of downplaying the seriousness of the virus.
He has rallied against stay-at-home measures in the country, arguing the economic fallout risks causing more damage than the virus itself.
Following the staggering spikes in some countries in the Americas, like Brazil, the World Health Organization (WHO) now considers the region the new epicenter of the disease.
(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)
