Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's better half and one of his clergymen have tried positive for COVID-19, as indicated by an official explanation on Thursday, as the spread of the novel coronavirus gave no indications of easing back in the nation with the world's second-most noticeably awful episode after the United States.

Only days after her significant other said he had conquered the infection with a negative test following a long time in isolation, Bolsonaro's better half Michelle has tried positive, the presidential office said in an announcement.

"First woman Michelle Bolsonaro tried positive for COVID-19 on Thursday. She is healthy and will follow every single set up convention," it stated, alluding to the ailment brought about by the new coronavirus.

Prior on Thursday, Brazil's science and innovation serve, Marcos Pontes, said his test had returned positive, turning into the fifth clergyman in Bolsonaro's legislature to be determined to have the malady.

Their contaminations are an obvious indication of the size of the episode in Brazil, which set new every day precedents on Wednesday for new COVID-19 cases and related fatalities.

The 69,074 new affirmed cases and 1,595 extra passings detailed by the Health Ministry, pushed the nation past 2.5 million diseases and 90,000 executed.

Pontes made his declaration on Facebook, saying he was isolating and working distantly.

"I simply tried positive for the new coronavirus," he said. "I'm well, a tad of influenza side effects and a migraine."