Brasilia, Brazil registered 494 new coronavirus deaths, the lowest single-day fatalities since May 31.

According to the Ministry of Health, Sunday's figure took the total death toll to 114,744, reports Xinhua news agency.

In the same 24-hour period, tests detected 23,421 new cases of infection, bringing the total caseload to 3,605,783.

With the new tallies, Brazil currently accounts for the second highest number of Covid-19 cases and deaths in the world, just after the US.