Brazil confirms its first COVID-19 case
The COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil has resulted in 38,042,729 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 704,045 deaths. The virus was confirmed to have spread to Brazil on 25 February 2020, when a man from São Paulo who had traveled to Italy tested positive for the virus.
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The COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil has resulted in 38,042,729 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 704,045 deaths. The virus was confirmed to have spread to Brazil on 25 February 2020, when a man from São Paulo who had traveled to Italy tested positive for the virus. The disease had spread to every federative unit of Brazil by 21 March.
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Factrail. (2026). Brazil confirms its first COVID-19 case. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/brazil-covid-first-case-2020-02
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Accessed 16 October 2026.
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