Brazil registers 57,837 confirmed cases of new coronavirus, 1,129 deaths

Outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Sao Paulo

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil recorded 57,837 additional confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, as well as 1,129 deaths from the disease, the Health Ministry said on Thursday.

Brazil has registered more than 2.6 million cases of the virus since the pandemic began, while the official death toll has risen to 91,263, according to ministry data.

(Reporting by Pedro Fonseca; editing by Diane Craft)