Bolsonaro under pressure as Brazil COVID deaths top 300,000

Latin American nation becomes the second country to reach the grim milestone after the United States.

Brazil has topped 300,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths, becoming the second country to do so amid a spike in infections that has seen the South American country report record death tolls in recent days. On Wednesday, Brazil’s health ministry reported 2,009 daily COVID-19 deaths, bringing its pandemic total to 300,685. On Tuesday, the country saw a single-day record of 3,251 deaths. The United States reached the grim milestone on December 14 but it has a larger population than Brazil.