Latin America and Caribbean pass 100,000 COVID-19 deaths
25 June, 2020
Latin America and the Caribbean on Tuesday surpassed 100,000 coronavirus deaths, over fifty percent of these in Brazil, regarding to an AFP count predicated on official figures.
The pandemic is accelerating over the region, which now includes a total of 2.1 million cases, with Brazil, Mexico, Peru and Chile the most influenced countries.
Brazil gets the second-highest COVID-19 death toll on earth, after the USA, at a lot more than 52,640 fatalities out of just one 1,145,906 confirmed cases.
A federal judge ordered Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has famously compared the coronavirus to a "little flu," to wear a nose and mouth mask in public, following the far-right innovator repeatedly flouted containment measures in place in Brasilia.
Mexico, also heavily reach by the virus, was struck Tuesday by a powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake.
The quake hit as the country of 127 million people recorded its highest number of instances in a 24-hour period, with 6,288 new infections, according to the Ministry of Health.
Peru, meanwhile, exceeded 260,000 coronavirus cases, as it marked 100 times under mandatory lockdown and received a donation of 250 ventilators from the United States.
Its neighbour to the north, Colombia, extended its quarantine Tuesday until July 15, as its coronavirus cases continue steadily to climb. The united states has registered 2,404 deaths out of more than 73,500 cases.
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