Deaths outstrip births in ten Brazilian cities as COVID-19 cases surge and the total body count nears 400,000

Ten cities such as Rio de Janeiro recorded higher death than birth rates in March ICU capacity stands at 80 per cent and most patients are under the age of 40 The jab rollout has been painfully slow with only 6.3 million people vaccinated Brazil is the global epicenter of the pandemic with more than 380,000 deaths