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Rio de Janeiro (People's Daily) -- Brazil has more than 10,000 infections of COVID-19 said the Brazilian Health Ministry on Saturday.

The number of confirmed cases has risen to 10,278, with 431 deaths.

The Health Ministry believes that 5 states might be close to the level of an uncontrolled spread of the virus.

However, according to Brazil’s government, the outbreak is still in its early phase and in the coming days, the number of new cases is expected to grow rapidly.