Brazil registers 708 coronavirus deaths on Friday

Outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Rio de Janeiro

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil registered 708 additional coronavirus deaths over the last 24 hours and 33,431 new cases, the nation's health ministry said in a statement on Friday evening.

The South American country has now registered 4,880,523 total confirmed coronavirus cases and 145,388 deaths, second only to the United States.

(Reporting by Gram Slattery; editing by Diane Craft)