Brazil, the world's third most affected country

Hundreds of mass graves have been dug in Brazil as the country registered 21.111 deaths from the Coronavirus yesterday.

Brazil has had more than 330,000 affected, making it third in the world and the first in South America. In São Paulo, the worst - hit city, hundreds of rows of paraceles opened in the Formosian cemetery are seen in an air video.

World Health Emergency Organisation Director Mike Ryan said at a virtual news conference that South America is a new drug accident.

President Jair Bolsonaro has been widely criticised for his handling of the explosion and is the focus of a deepening political crisis.

The former army captain has seen his survey assessments fall, marred by his opposition to social distance measures, the support of untested chlorico medicine and clashes with experienced public health officials.

The actual number of cases and deaths is likely to be higher than figures show.