Brazil has become the second country in the world to confirm more than one million cases of COVID-19, BBC News reported.

The health ministry also posted a record number of new cases in the past 24 hours—more than 54,000.

In addition, there were more than 1,200 deaths for the fourth consecutive day, taking the total to nearly 49,000.

A lack of testing suggests the true figures are higher, and experts say the outbreak is weeks away from its peak.