Brasilia, Dec. 11, 2021, SPA -- Brazil sustained 7,765 new cases and 234 deaths from the novel coronavirus COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, the health ministry has reported. According to the data released yesterday, Reuters quoted the ministry's official report that the South American country has now registered 22,184,824 cases since the pandemic began, while the official death toll has risen to 616,691, according to ministry data, in the world's second-deadliest outbreak outside the United States. --SPA 11:10 LOCAL TIME 08:10 GMT 0007 www.spa.gov.sa/w1663545