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12.25am BST
More than 2.7 million businesses could go under and 8.5 million jobs be lost in Latin America due to the coronavirus crisis, the UN’s economic commission for the region predicts.
Shops and hotels and restaurants, many of which are small and medium sized businesses, will be hardest hit, it says.
12.19am BST
The death toll in Brazil reached 61,884, up from 60,632 yesterday, according to the country’s health ministry. That is a daily increase of 1,252.
Brazil has 1,496,858 confirmed cases of the virus, up 48,105 from 1,448,753 yesterday.
Continue reading…UN predicts mass bankruptcies in Latin America; Florida confirms 10,000 new cases in one day; global cases near 11m. Follow the latest updates Cases rising in 37 US statesBrazil infections nearing 1.5mTrump awol as president during pandemic, says ex-CIA chiefInteractive vaccine tracker: how close are we?See all our coronavirus coverage 12.25am BSTMore than 2.7 million businesses could go under and 8.5 million jobs be lost in Latin America due to the coronavirus crisis, the UN’s economic commission for the region predicts.Shops and hotels and restaurants, many of which are small and medium sized businesses, will be hardest hit, it says. 12.19am BSTThe death toll in Brazil reached 61,884, up from 60,632 yesterday, according to the country’s health ministry. That is a daily increase of 1,252.Brazil has 1,496,858 confirmed cases of the virus, up 48,105 from 1,448,753 yesterday. Continue reading…