An elderly woman gets a shot of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for COVID-19 as part of a priority vaccination program for the elderly in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. (Photo: AP)
SAO PAULO, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- Brazil registered 595 additional deaths from COVID-19 on Monday, taking its death toll to 225,099, the country's Health Ministry said.
In the past day, the South American country also reported 24,591 new coronavirus cases, taking its national caseload to 9,229,322.
