COVID-19 deaths in Brazil top 40,000, total cases surpass 800,000

Brazil reported a cumulative total of 802,828 cases of coronavirus on Thursday, with 30,412 new infections in the last 24 hours, according to the local health ministry.

The health authority added that the death toll has reached 40,919, the third-highest tally in the world after the United States and the UK.

A total of 345,595 patients have recovered, the ministry said.