Brazil reports 10,250 coronavirus cases and 274 COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours -ministry

a person receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus sickness (COVID-19) vaccine at the Bus quick Transit (BRT) station in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil October 27, 2021. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares

BRASILIA, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Brazil has had 10,250 new infections of the unconventional coronavirus reported during the past 24 hours, and 274 deaths from COVID-19, the health ministry pointed out on Tuesday.

The South American country has now registered 22,157,726 circumstances for the reason that the pandemic began, whereas the authentic death toll has risen to 616,018, according to ministry statistics, on earth's third worst outbreak outside the U.S. and India and its 2nd-deadliest after the us.

With more than 85% of adults now completely vaccinated, the rolling 14-day common of COVID-19 deaths has fallen to 211 per day, in comparison to the toll of very nearly three,000 a day on the height of the pandemic in April.

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