Brazil's confirmed cases of the novel
Coronavirus rose on Saturday past those of
Spain and
Italy, which was once the epicenter of the pandemic, making Brazil's outbreak the fourth largest in the world, according to official figures.
Brazil's Health Ministry registered 14,919 new confirmed cases in the prior 24 hours, taking the total to 233,142, behind the
United States,
Russia and the
United Kingdom.
Brazil has done just a fraction of the testing seen in those three countries.