Brazil's virus death toll tops 50,000

Brazil has reported 641 more deaths from coronavirus over the past day, becoming the second country worldwide with a death toll topping 50,000.

The country's health ministry said the overall fatalities have mounted to 50,617, according to public news agency Agencia Brasil.

Meanwhile, 17,000 new infections were reported over the past day, taking the nationwide case-count to more than 1.08 million.