Brazil registers over 1,000 coronavirus deaths on Wednesday

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil registered 1,031 additional coronavirus deaths over the last 24 hours and 33,413 new cases, the nation's health ministry said on Wednesday.

The South American nation has now registered a total of 143,952 coronavirus deaths and 4,810,935 confirmed cases.

(Reporting by Gram Slattery; Editing by Sandra Maler)