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The Latest: Brazil’s COVID-19 cases surge past 7 million

by The Associated Press
| December 16, 2020 3:33 PM

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s number of confirmed COVID-19 cases surged past 7 million on Wednesday, with an all-time high of more than 70,000 cases, according to the health ministry’s daily bulletin.

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