Brazil moves up to third position on worldwide COVID-19 list of most affected countries

With official numbers released on Monday, Brazil recorded third-highest number of COVID-19 infections surpassing United Kingdom, Spain and Italy in just a span of three days. The country now falls behind the United States and Russia with a total of 254220 confirmed cases and reporting 16792 deaths, also making them the sixth-highest in the world on the death toll listing. Hospitals in several places in the country including São Paulo have been operating at 90 percent capacity, and the cities with the highest numbers have started burying people in mass graves.