People hold crosses as a tribute to COVID-19 victims and as a protest against president Bolsonaro. Pic/AFP
Brazil surpassed a grim milestone of 1,00,000 deaths from COVID-19 on Saturday night, and five months after the first reported case the country has not shown signs of crushing the disease.
The nation has been reporting an average of over 1,000 daily deaths from the pandemic since late May and reported 905 for the latest 24-hour period.
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The Health Ministry said there had been 3,012,412 cases. In a tribute to COVID-19 victims, protesters placed crosses on the sand on the famed Copacabana beach and released 1,000 red balloons into the sky. The protest was organised by non-governmental group Rio de Paz.
People also protested against Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro for the way he has handled the pandemic. Bolsonaro has been a consistent sceptic about the impact of the disease and an advocate of lifting restrictions on the economy. He has frequently mingled in crowds, sometimes without a mask.
"We reach that mark (1,00,543) and many people seem to not see it, both among the government and our people. Death became normal," said Marcio do Nascimento Silva, a 56-year-old taxi driver who lost his children in the pandemic.
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