Covid: Brazil has quite 4,000 deaths in 24 hours for first time
Hospitals are overcrowded, with people dying as they await treatment in some cities, and therefore the health system is on the brink of collapse in many areas.
The country's total price is now almost 337,000, second only to the US.
But President Jair Bolsonaro continues to oppose any lockdown measures to curb the outbreak.
He argues that the damage to the economy would be worse than the consequences of the virus itself, and has tried to reverse a number of the restrictions imposed by local authorities within the courts.
Speaking to supporters outside the presidential residence on Tuesday, he criticised quarantine measures and suggested without evidence that they were linked to obesity and depression. He didn't discuss the 4,195 deaths recorded within the previous 24 hours.
To date, Brazil has recorded quite 13 million cases of coronavirus, consistent with the health ministry. Some 66,570 people died with Covid-19 in March, quite double the previous monthly record.
"Brazil now... may be a threat to the whole effort of the international community to regulate the pandemic," Dr Miguel Nicolelis, who has been closely tracking cases within the country, told the BBC.
"If Brazil isn't in check , then the earth isn't getting to be safe, because we are brewing new variants hebdomadally ... and that they are getting to cross borders," he said.
What is things in Brazil?
In most states, patients with Covid-19 are occupying quite 90% of medical care unit beds, consistent with the health institute Fiocruz (in Portuguese).
Several states have reported short supplies of oxygen and sedatives. But despite the critical situation, some cities and states are already easing measures limiting the movement of individuals .
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"The fact is that the anti-lockdown narrative of President Jair Bolsonaro has won," Miguel Lago, executive of Brazil's Institute for Health Policy Studies, which advises public health officials, told the Associated Press.
"Mayors and governors are politically prohibited from beefing up social distancing policies because they know supporters of the president, including business leaders, will sabotage them," he said.
The far-right president - who has played down the virus, raised doubts about vaccines and defended unproven drugs as treatment - has seen his popularity plummet amid heavy criticism of his handling of the crisis.
He has shifted his tone on immunisations recently, pledging to form 2021 the year of vaccinations. But the country has struggled with the rollout of its programme.
Epidemiologist Ethel Maciel said Brazil was during a "dreadful situation", telling AFP news agency: "At the speed we're vaccinating... the sole thanks to slow the extremely fast spread of the virus is an efficient lockdown for a minimum of 20 days."
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