
On Monday, Brazil reported 16,207 new COVID-19 cases and 288 additional fatalities, all of which occurred over the past 24 hours.
In total, Brazil has reported 6,087,608 COVID-19 cases and 169,485 coronavirus related fatalities.
The United States is currently leading global COVID-19 cases with over 12.7 million infections and 263,298 fatalities, although India follows closely behind with 9.1 million cases and 134,213 deaths. As for the third-highest caseload and death toll, Brazil follows with 6 million cases and 169,485 deaths, France with 2.1 million cases and 49,232 deaths, and Russia with 2.1 million infections and 36,540 deaths.
The novel coronavirus was first discovered in Wuhan, Hubei, China, on Dec. 31, 2019, and has infected more than 59 million individuals worldwide, resulting in over 1.4 million fatalities across 217 countries and territories.