“Unfortunately, 10 more people died, the total number of deaths reached 60,” RIA Novosti quoted Alomia as saying.

He also said that 178 new cases of coronavirus infection were detected per day.

In total, 1688 cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the country.

Earlier it was reported that in Brazil the number of deaths from coronavirus reached 359.

On March 11, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a pandemic.