Rio de Janeiro, July 31, 2021, SPA -- The Brazilian Ministry of Health announced that the country recorded 40,904 new confirmed cases of coronavirus along with 963 deaths in the past 24 hours. According to the ministry's data, Brazil has recorded more than 19.8 million cases since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, while the official death toll has risen to 555,460. --SPA 03:20 LOCAL TIME 00:20 GMT 0007 www.spa.gov.sa/w1594664