Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro published an image of himself to Facebook congratulating his soccer team, Palmeiras, for winning the state title Saturday, minutes after the health ministry confirmed the national COVID-19 death toll had actually gone beyond 100,000
Why it matters: Brazil is just the second country to confirm more than 100,000 deaths from the coronavirus. On Sunday early morning, it became the second nation to go beyond 3 million cases, per Johns Hopkins Only the U.S. has reported more. Bolsonaro has yet to resolve the turning points. He has previously evaluated positive for COVID-19 3 times, but he’s downplayed the impact of the infection, which has crippled Brazil’s economy
Editor’s note: This article has actually been updated with the latest coronavirus case numbers and more context.
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