Latin America reports more COVID-19 deaths, infections
Brazil reports over 1,800 coronavirus deaths over past day, Mexico 341, Argentina 297, Colombia 509, Peru 238
2021-05-23 11:10:51
BOGOTA, Colombia
Countries across Latin America reported new COVID-19 infections and fatalities late on Saturday, according to official data.
Brazil
Over the past day, a total of 1,899 people lost their lives to the novel coronavirus in Brazil, bringing the tally to 448,208, according to figures from the country s Health Ministry.
The number of infections rose to over 16.47 million, with 76,490 new cases nationwide.
Sao Paulo stands as the region most affected by the outbreak, with over 3.1 million cases and 107,497 deaths.
There have been over 14.4 million recoveries in Brazil, the most populous South American nation which has had the most COVID-19 cases after the US and India.
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Coronavirus Disease Weekly News 04April 2021
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There hasn t been much change in the trajectory of US Covid metrics: new cases continue to increase at a modest pace, while US Covid deaths continue to fall. New cases of Covid confirmed over the week ending April 3rd were 5.9% higher that those confirmed over the week ending March 27th, and 15.9% higher than those of the week ending March 20th, while US Covid deaths during the week ending April 3rd were 12.2% lower than