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Brazil sees 135,080 new coronavirus cases as Omicron runs rampant

by Reuters
Monday, 24 January 2022 00:32 GMT

BRASILIA, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Brazil recorded 135,080 new coronavirus cases and 296 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Sunday, as the Omicron variant rampaged across the country.

More than 24 million cases of the virus have been recorded since the virus arrived, with 623,097 total deaths, Health Ministry data showed. (Reporting by Isabel Versiani; Editing by Christopher Cushing)

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