Brazil nears 2 million coronavirus cases, with 75,000 dead

SAO PAULO (AP) — A thousand deaths a day. Since late May, three months after Brazil’s first reported case of the coronavirus, it has recorded more than 1,000 daily deaths on average in a gruesome plateau that has yet to tilt downward. The country hit 75,000 confirmed deaths Wednesday and is expected to report 2 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 Thursday evening, with little sign that the curve of new infections is beginning to bend. Even as cases wane somewhat in the biggest and ha