Brazil sees over 1,000 COVID-19 daily deaths for 3 consecutive days

Brazil has reported over 1,000 daily deaths from COVID-19 for three days in a row, the health ministry said Thursday.

The country reported 1,238 more deaths and 22,765 new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 47,748 and the total number of infections to 978,142 – the world's worst outbreak outside the U.S.

The heavily populated state of Sao Paulo was hit the hardest, with 192,628 infections and 11,846 deaths, followed by Rio de Janeiro registering 87,317 infections and 8,412 deaths, the ministry said.

A total of 482,102 patients have recovered since the onset of the outbreak in the country, it added.