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Brazil reports a record for the second consecutive day of 228,954 new COVID-19 cases, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 24.7 million.
2022-01-27

Brazil reports its first "preliminary" cases of the Omicron variant in two people who travelled from South Africa.
2021-11-30

Russia reports its first case of the Lineage P.1 Gamma variant, which was originally detected in Brazil.
2021-07-22

Nevada reports its first three cases of the Lineage P.1 variant, which originated from Brazil.
2021-04-9

Brazil reports a record 4,195 deaths in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 336,947. It was the first time that the country surpassed the mark of 4,000 deaths in a single day.
2021-04-6

Brazil reports 85,663 new confirmed cases and 2,216 more deaths from COVID-19, surpassing India as the country with the second-highest number of cases in the world, and also bringing Brazil's total cases to 11,363,380.
2021-03-12

Brazil surpasses nine million cases of COVID-19, becoming the third country to do so after India and the United States.
2021-01-28

Brazil surpasses 8 million cases of COVID-19, becoming the third country to do so after the United States and India.
2021-01-8

Brazil's Supreme Federal Court issues a 10-day injunction against President Jair Bolsonaro's demand that all 30 members of Venezuela's diplomatic team leave the country.
2020-05-2

Brazil closes its international border with Venezuela, following a similar move enacted but then rescinded by Colombia earlier in 2018, as a response to an increase in Venezuelans fleeing their country to neighbouring states.
2018-08-6