Brazil hits 5 million COVID-19 cases, epidemiologist fears second wave

Brazil passed the mark of 5 million confirmed COVID-19 cases on Wednesday as it approached 150,000 deaths in the second most deathly coronavirus outbreak outside the United States.Average new cases were 26,140 day, almost half the rate of late July.Federal University of Rio de Janeiro epidemiologist Roberto Medronho cautioned that the numbers could be much higher if testing for COVID-19 was more widespread.