Brazil becomes 2nd country to cross 100,000 deaths

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Brazil became the second country to top 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 on Saturday, according to its Ministry of Health.

The country's official death toll stood at 100,477 after it reported 905 deaths in the previous 24 hours.

Only the U.S. - at more than 162,000 - had previously crossed into six figures. Mexico, at just over 51,000 deaths, is third globally.

Brazil's death rate of 473 per million people compares to 631 in Peru, 523 in Chile, 498 in the U.S., 100 in Argentina, and 94 worldwide.

At: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/coronavirus-live-updates-brazil-becomes-2nd-country-to-cross-100-000-deaths/ar-BB17IV1q

A projection on a building in Rio de Janeiro reads "100,000 Victims of (Brazilian President Jair) Bolsonaro" as the country became the second to pass the milestone in COVID-19 fatalities.