The mayor of a Brazilian city Manaus, Arthur Virgilio Neto, has rounded on Jair Bolsonaro, saying the President is "co-responsible" for the nation's vast death count.

Manaus is a city of 2 million people nestled in the heart of the Amazon that has been stricken by Covid-19, called on Bolosonaro to resign, "shut up and stay at home." The President's "dream" is to be a dictator, "but he's too stupid," Neto told CNN.

The mayor of a city that houses 2 million people accused the president of being “co-responsible” for the increasing death count.

Neto claimed that in the early stages of the pandemic, he asked messaged Bolsonaro - "Please Mr. President, shut up and stay at home”.

Now, he only wants his resignation. "Resign, resign, resign, because he doesn't govern Brazil”, he told CNN.

Brazil now has the second-most reported cases of coronavirus in the world, surpassing Russia. With 363,211 cases, Brazil has become the latest epicenter of the virus.