Brasilia, Nov. 19, 2021, SPA -- Brazil has had 12,301 new cases of the novel coronavirus reported in the past 24 hours, and 293 deaths from COVID-19, the health ministry said on Thursday, Reuters reported. The South American country has now registered 21,989,962 cases since the pandemic began, while the official death toll has risen to 612,144, according to ministry data. --SPA 14:04 LOCAL TIME 11:04 GMT 0007 www.spa.gov.sa/w1653478