Brazil’s Health Ministry recorded 31,553 new Covid-19 infections on Wednesday, bringing the total number of cases to 5,000,694.

The country’s COVID-19 death toll rose to 148,228 after the ministry reported 734 new coronavirus fatalities.

Brazil has the world’s third-highest coronavirus cases after the United States and India. Brazil has reported the second-highest COVID-19 death toll after the US, according to Johns Hopkins University’s data.