Bolsonaro rejects lockdown despite Brazils’ record Covid-19 death toll

Cemetery workers wearing protective gear carry the coffin of a person who died from complications related to Covid-19 (Andre Penner/AP)

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has said there will be “no national lockdown” a day after the nation saw its highest number of Covid-19 deaths.

Brazil’s Health Ministry registered 4,195 deaths on Tuesday, becoming the third country to go above that threshold as Mr Bolsonaro’s political opponents demanded stricter measures to slow down the spread of the virus.