Brazil reports 1,300 Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours, more than 74,000 in total

The Brazilian Ministry of Health announced Tuesday that it accounted for 1,300 new deaths from Covid-19 across the country in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of victims to 74,133 since the beginning of the pandemic.

The country approaches the milestone of 2 million infected cases, as the Ministry also announced 41,857 new infections -- with a total of 1,926,824 confirmed cases.