Brazil registers 11,598 additional cases of coronavirus, 623 new deaths on Monday

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil registered 11,598 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus and 623 additional deaths in the last 24 hours, the nation’s Health Ministry said on Monday evening.

Brazil now has registered 526,447 confirmed cases and 29,937 deaths attributed to the virus.

(Reporting by Pedro Fonseca; Writing by Gram Slattery; Editing by Leslie Adler)