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Brazil makes grim milestone — 100,000 deaths from COVID-19

(Helton Belo | AP) Sisters Valeria Melo da Silva, left, and Viviane, her husband Luigi do Nascimento visit the grave of their mother who died of COVID-19, at a cemetery in Manaus, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. Their 67-year-old mother reported having a cold, and a few days later started having problems breathing. She died after five days in a public hospital. “I still don’t accept her death, not yet,” said Viviane, crying, and expressing regret the family had been unable to hold a wake for her mother.