RIO DE JANEIRO, January 29. /TASS/. Brazil’s novel coronavirus case tally has risen to 9,058,687, with 61,811 new cases registered in the past day, according to official statistics published by the country’s Health Ministry.

A total of 1,386 deaths, caused by COVID-19, were registered in the past 24 hours, bringing the overall death toll in the country to 221,547, according to the ministry.

Over 7,923,790 patients have recovered by now. The number of active cases currently stands at 913,346. Statistics show an average rate of 4,311 registered coronavirus cases and 105 deaths per 100,000 residents of Brazil.

Brazil, where the first coronavirus case was confirmed on February 26, 2020, ranks third after the United States and India in the list of states with the largest number of infected patients. The country is also ranked second, following the United States, in terms of the highest mortality rate caused by COVID-19.

In late December 2019, Chinese officials informed the World Health Organization (WHO) about the outbreak of a previously unknown pneumonia in the city of Wuhan, in central China. Since then, cases of the novel coronavirus - named COVID-19 by the WHO - have been reported in every corner of the globe, including Russia.

On March 11, 2020, the WHO declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. According to the latest statistics, over 101,929,540 people have been infected worldwide and more than 2,197,670 deaths have been reported. In addition, so far, over 73,706,880 individuals have recovered from the illness across the globe.