- Since May 1, 5,610 deaths have been reported in Italy for a total of 33,846.
- In the past few weeks, two nations in the Western Hemisphere — Brazil and Mexico — have had surging deaths and cases.
- Mexico has soared into seventh place in one week, reporting 341 late Saturday after 625 Friday and a record 1,092 Wednesday. The nation’s deaths have nearly doubled from 7,179 to 13,511 in two weeks.
- In one week, Brazil has moved into third place, rising from 28,834 to 35,957. Two weeks ago, the figure was 22,013. On Saturday, Brazil reported 910 more deaths and a record 1,492 Thursday. On Saturday, the South American nation reported 27,581 cases to total 673,587 after a record 31,890 cases Thursday for second place behind the United States.
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