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A projection on a building honouring the 100,000 victims who died of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 in Brazil reads "100,000 Victims of (Brazilian President Jair) Bolsonaro" as the country became the second in the world to pass the grim milestone, in Botafogo neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 8, 2020. Just a day after Latin America and the Caribbean became the hardest-hit region in the global pandemic, Brazil reported a total of 100,477 fatalities, joining the United States as the only two countries to surpass the six-digit death mark. Mauro PIMENTEL / AFP
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Brazil surpasses 100,000 coronavirus deaths

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 9, 2020 (AFP) - Brazil on Saturday surpassed 100,000 coronavirus deaths and three million cases of infection, crossing the grim milestone