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Photos: Brazil's mass graves, experts anticipate 125,000 COVID-19 deaths - Business Insider - Business Insider
May 28, 2020 41 secs
Blue, turquoise, and white crosses mark the dead in mass graves in Manaus, Brazil, a visual reminder of the toll the novel coronavirus has had on the country.

The University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, which also forecasts the US death toll and has been used by the White House, has estimated that if no changes are enacted, 125,833 people in Brazil could die from the coronavirus by August 4.

As of Wednesday, the country had 25,598 reported deaths.

As of Wednesday, Brazil had close to 412,000 cases.

On May 20, Brazil had close to 20,000 cases, about a fifth of the 106,000 new global cases that WHO recorded over 24 hours, Business Insider previously reported.

Business Insider previously reported that the death rate among Brazil's indigenous people reached 12.6%, with 125 deaths out of the 980 confirmed coronavirus cases in those communities.

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