The figures also reveal that 1,138,301 patients are being monitored, with another 12,460,712 (89.2 percent of the infected) having recovered.
The candidate vaccine will have two doses with a 22-day interval between them. Clinical development is sponsored by China-based Sichuan Clover Biopharmaceuticals.
The number of deaths stemming from the pandemic of the novel coronavirus now stands at 373,335. From Saturday to Sunday, 1,657 new deaths were reported.
Brazil once again surpassed the daily average of 3 thousand deaths and reached the record of 3,123 deaths in the seven-day moving average on April 12, as per Fiocruz data.
The amount of people infected since the beginning of the pandemic now stands at 13,746,681. In 24 hours, 73,174 new positive diagnoses were confirmed.
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