Brazil’s pandemic deaths top 200,000 amid a return to fun
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8 January 2021Brazil’s pandemic deaths top 200,000 amid a return to fun
The night before New Year’s Eve in Rio de Janeiro, thousands of revelers clad in their bathing suits crowded onto the iconic Ipanema beach to have some seaside drinks. It was one of many open-air parties occurring along Brazil’s vast coastline since the summer heat set in, and as the COVID-19 death toll climbed higher.
