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Brazil confirmed 14,919 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, as well as 816 related deaths, according to data from the country’s health ministry.
Brazil has now registered 233,142 confirmed coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, the fifth highest in the world, and 15,633 deaths.
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