Sources: AP
Peru surpasses 200,000 deaths from COVID-19, which is the second Latin American country to do so after Brazil. 2021-10-22
Russia reports its first case of the Lineage P.1 Gamma variant, which was originally detected in Brazil. 2021-07-22
India surpasses 300,000 deaths from COVID-19, becoming the third country to do so after the United States and Brazil. India recorded its last 100,000 deaths in less than a month. Experts warn that the real number of deaths could be much higher as many are not officially recorded; some models speculate that about a million people may have actually died. 2021-05-24
Manitoba reports its first case of the Lineage P.1 variant originally detected in Brazil in a person from the Interlake-Eastern region. 2021-04-15
British Columbia reports its first three cases of Lineage P.1 variant first detected in Brazil. 2021-03-9
Denmark reports its first case of the Lineage P.1 variant first detected in Brazil in a person from the Capital Region. 2021-03-3
Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order that allows travel restrictions on Brazil, the United Kingdom, and Europe to be lifted after January 26. However, incoming Press Secretary Jen Psaki says that the restrictions are expected to remain in place. 2021-01-18
Brazil surpasses seven million total cases of COVID-19, becoming the third country to do so after India and the United States. 2020-12-16
India surpasses 100,000 COVID-19 deaths, becoming the third country to reach that milestone behind the United States and Brazil. 2020-10-3
India's number of confirmed cases tops 3 million, making it the third country to surpass that number after the United States and Brazil as the country leads the world in daily new cases. 2020-08-23