The number of coronavirus-related deaths in Brazil surpassed 200,000 on Thursday, according to the country's latest official figures.

The Latin American country has registered 1,524 fatalities over the past 24 hours, according to data released by the health ministry. Its total tallies now stand at 8 million infections and 200,498 deaths.  

"In the name of President Jair Bolsonaro, the Health Ministry and all the federal government, we want to offer our solidarity to every family that lost loved ones," said the health ministry in a statement on Thursday.