Brazil's COVID-19 Death Toll Crosses 50,000 Mark

The COVID-19 death toll in Brazil has crossed 50,000 as the country struggles to control the spread of the novel coronavirus. Brazil is the worst-hit country after the US having reported 10,70,139 COVID-19 cases so far and 50,058 deaths. President Jair Bolsonaro has routinely downplayed the disease calling it a "little flu" and has been urging businesses to reopen even as regional governors call for strict adherence to physical distancing norms.