Brazil reports 15,654 new coronavirus cases and 679 more deaths in 24 hours

As many as 15,654 new confirmed cases of vel coronavirus were recorded on June 8 in Brazil, surging total cases to 710,887. At least 679 new Covid-19 fatalities were registered within past 24 hours bringing death toll to 37, 312, according to health ministry’s data of brazil.  

surge in cases strikes following Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro tweet on Brazil’s decision t to list total casualties from pandemic. Bolsonaro wrote on Twitter, “Cumulative data, in dition to t showing that large part [of patients] longer has illness, does t depict moment of country. Or actions are in works to improve case tifications and diagstic confirmations.” Hence, as of June 8, official Covid-19 tracker from  Brazilian Health Ministry listed 24 hours data on new cases and deaths only, removing previous record.  

With cases drastically rising in Brazil, and n-transparency on data by government, hundreds of residents in Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro State, reportedly waited in a long line outside test kiosks in different parts of city to get tested for coronavirus. Government, h earlier, organized expansive testing organized aimed mainly for health workers, security and frontline workers, elderly people, and those with COVID-19 and flu-like symptoms, city's Health Secretary said at press conference.  

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WHO 'partisan political organization'

With less than one-third of Brazilians approving Bolsonaro’s response of pandemic, analysts reportedly believed that Brazil's government me efforts to shields failure of handling of pandemic to depict governability. Earlier, Brazil's largest city, Sao Paulo began which has highest number of coronavirus cases eased lockdown. Furr, as country surpassed Italy in toll, President Jair Bolsonaro threatened to pull out of World Health Organization WHO, calling it a “partisan political organization,” reports confirmed.  

In an editorial boldly carried by a leing Brazilian daily, a piece re “just 100 days h passed since Bolsonaro described virus that is killing a Brazilian per minute as a ‘little flu.’ “While you were reing this, ar Brazilian died from coronavirus,” newspaper quoted Jair Bolsonaro that caused a stir countrywide, according to local reports.  

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