Government health workers arrive with test kits as they visit riverside communities of the municipality of Melgaco to test them for COVID-19 coronavirus infections in the Marajoara region, located in the southwest of the island of Marajo, at the mouth of the Amazon River in the state of Para, Brazil, on May 23, 2020. (Photo by Tarso SARRAF / AFP) (Photo by TARSO SARRAF/AFP via Getty Images)
Brazil had another 1,086 coronavirus-related deaths over the previous 24 hours, the country’s health ministry reported Wednesday — taking the national toll to 25,598.
The ministry said 20,599 new cases were also confirmed.
Brazil has reported a total of 411,821 coronavirus cases, according to Johns Hopkins University’s tally.
