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Photos: Brazil surpasses 100,000 Covid-19 deaths; cases top 3 million

Brazil surpassed a grim milestone of 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 on the night of August 8 as total cases breached the 3-million mark. Five months after the first reported case, the country has not shown signs of crushing the disease. Brazil’s Health Ministry data show there have been a total of 3,025,422 confirmed infections with the new coronavirus, making Brazil’s death and infection tolls second only to the United States. And as in many nations, experts believe that both numbers are severe undercounts due to insufficient testing.

Updated on: Aug 10, 2020 11:05 AM IST

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Crosses, balloons and Brazilian flags at Copacabana beach, placed by members of a NGO in tribute to the one hundred thousand victims of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the country, in Rio de Janeiro on August 8. Brazil on August 8 surpassed 100,000 deaths and three million cases of infection, crossing the grim milestone after President Jair Bolsonaro said he had a “clear conscience” on his response to the outbreak. (Ricardo Moraes / REUTERS)

Updated on Aug 10, 2020 11:05 AM

Crosses, balloons and Brazilian flags at Copacabana beach, placed by members of a NGO in tribute to the one hundred thousand victims of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the country, in Rio de Janeiro on August 8. Brazil on August 8 surpassed 100,000 deaths and three million cases of infection, crossing the grim milestone after President Jair Bolsonaro said he had a “clear conscience” on his response to the outbreak. (Ricardo Moraes / REUTERS)

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People at the Ipanema beach, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Rio de Janeiro on August 8.With 101,049 fatalities and 3,035,422 confirmed cases, the South American nation of 212 million people is the second hardest-hit country in the global pandemic, after the United States. (Pilar Olivares / REUTERS)

Updated on Aug 10, 2020 11:05 AM

People at the Ipanema beach, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Rio de Janeiro on August 8.With 101,049 fatalities and 3,035,422 confirmed cases, the South American nation of 212 million people is the second hardest-hit country in the global pandemic, after the United States. (Pilar Olivares / REUTERS)

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People hold crosses as they attend a tribute to the 100 thousand victims of Covid-19 and a protest against Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, in Sao Paulo on August 7. Brazil has seen 478 deaths per million people, a figure roughly equivalent to that of the United States (487), but lower than that of Spain (609) or Italy (583). (Amanda Perobelli / REUTERS)

Updated on Aug 10, 2020 11:05 AM

People hold crosses as they attend a tribute to the 100 thousand victims of Covid-19 and a protest against Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, in Sao Paulo on August 7. Brazil has seen 478 deaths per million people, a figure roughly equivalent to that of the United States (487), but lower than that of Spain (609) or Italy (583). (Amanda Perobelli / REUTERS)

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A man looks at a person dressed as the Grim Reaper to raise awareness against measures to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in Formiga on August 7. The coronavirus outbreak in Brazil is showing no sign of slowing as it enters its sixth month. Infections have accelerated in recent weeks in the countryside as well as inland regions and areas where the virus was late arriving. (Douglas Magno / AFP)

Updated on Aug 10, 2020 11:05 AM

A man looks at a person dressed as the Grim Reaper to raise awareness against measures to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in Formiga on August 7. The coronavirus outbreak in Brazil is showing no sign of slowing as it enters its sixth month. Infections have accelerated in recent weeks in the countryside as well as inland regions and areas where the virus was late arriving. (Douglas Magno / AFP)

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Gravediggers wearing protective face masks dig new graves at Vila Formosa cemetery amid the outbreak of Covid-19 in Sao Paulo on August 6. The country’s first confirmed Covid-19 case was identified in Sao Paulo on February 26, with the first death on March 12, also in the city. Brazil marked 50,000 deaths a hundred days later, but then doubled that total in just half the time. (Amanda Perobelli / REUTERS)

Updated on Aug 10, 2020 11:05 AM

Gravediggers wearing protective face masks dig new graves at Vila Formosa cemetery amid the outbreak of Covid-19 in Sao Paulo on August 6. The country’s first confirmed Covid-19 case was identified in Sao Paulo on February 26, with the first death on March 12, also in the city. Brazil marked 50,000 deaths a hundred days later, but then doubled that total in just half the time. (Amanda Perobelli / REUTERS)

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Relatives grieve while attending the funeral service of a relative who died of Covid-19, at the Nova Iguacu municipal cemetery in Nova Iguacu on August 7. The contagion has cast a harsh light on Brazil’s inequalities, with the virus wreaking particular havoc on the country’s favelas and hitting black populations especially hard. The country’s indigenous Amazon populations have also been hard hit. (Silvia Izquierdo / AP)

Updated on Aug 10, 2020 11:05 AM

Relatives grieve while attending the funeral service of a relative who died of Covid-19, at the Nova Iguacu municipal cemetery in Nova Iguacu on August 7. The contagion has cast a harsh light on Brazil’s inequalities, with the virus wreaking particular havoc on the country’s favelas and hitting black populations especially hard. The country’s indigenous Amazon populations have also been hard hit. (Silvia Izquierdo / AP)

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Marcio Antonio do Nascimento, (L), holding a photo of his 25-year-old son Hugo do Nascimento who died from Covid-19, argues with a person who said deaths related to the virus are fake news, during a demonstration to honour victims of the disease, on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on August 8. (Silvia Izquierdo / AP)

Updated on Aug 10, 2020 11:05 AM

Marcio Antonio do Nascimento, (L), holding a photo of his 25-year-old son Hugo do Nascimento who died from Covid-19, argues with a person who said deaths related to the virus are fake news, during a demonstration to honour victims of the disease, on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on August 8. (Silvia Izquierdo / AP)

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A nurse administers China's Sinovac vaccine, a potential Covid-19 vaccine, to volunteer and doctor Luciano Marini, at the Sao Lucas Hospital of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), in Porto Alegre on August 8. Jair Bolsonaro’s government, which has been criticized for managing the epidemic in a chaotic fashion, is on its third health minister since the virus reached the country. (Diego Vara / REUTERS)

Updated on Aug 10, 2020 11:05 AM

A nurse administers China's Sinovac vaccine, a potential Covid-19 vaccine, to volunteer and doctor Luciano Marini, at the Sao Lucas Hospital of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), in Porto Alegre on August 8. Jair Bolsonaro’s government, which has been criticized for managing the epidemic in a chaotic fashion, is on its third health minister since the virus reached the country. (Diego Vara / REUTERS)

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