Brazil has recorded 462 new deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the national total to 195,411, the health ministry said on Friday.
During the same period, 24,605 new cases of infection with the new coronavirus were detected, for a total of 7,700,578.
At a time when Brazil celebrates the New Year without festivities or fireworks against the background of a pandemic, local authorities are still working to prevent the public from gathering on the beaches.
In Riviera de São Lourenço, one of the most exclusive beaches in the state of São Paulo, the police even threw smoke bombs to disperse the crowds.
The Latin American country has the second highest number of COVID-19-related deaths in the world after the United States and ranks third in terms of infection cases behind the United States and India.
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