Brazil's COVID-19 deaths near 110,000

An electronic board displays a piece of artwork from Modern Art Museum (MAM) of Sao Paulo, which remains closed amid the COVID-19 pandemic, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Aug. 18, 2020. Brazil registered 1,352 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 109,888, the Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday. Meanwhile, 47,784 new cases were reported in the same period, bringing the total number of infections to 3,407,354. (Photo by Rahel Patrasso/Xinhua)

Brazil registered 1,352 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 109,888, the Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, 47,784 new cases were reported in the same period, bringing the total number of infections to 3,407,354.

Sao Paulo continues to be the epicenter of the disease in the country, with 711,530 cases and 27,315 deaths, followed by Rio de Janeiro with 14,728 deaths, and Ceara with 8,196 deaths.

Brazil is the country second hardest-hit by COVID-19 in the world, only after the United States.