Workers wearing protective gear pull the coffin during the burial of Lucio Pereira de Lima, 61, who passed away due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Belem Novo cemetery in Porto Alegre, Brazil April 2, 2021. REUTERS/Diego Vara
Brazil registered more than 4,000 Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours for the first time Tuesday, the health ministry said, as the country reeled from a surge of infections that has made it the current epicenter of the pandemic.
The coronavirus claimed 4,195 lives in the deadliest day of the pandemic yet for the hard-hit country, whose total reported death toll is now nearly 337,000, second only to the United States.
“We’re in a dreadful situation, and we’re not seeing effective measures by either state or federal governments” to respond, said epidemiologist Ethel Maciel of Espirito Santo Federal University.
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