Latin America and Caribbean pass 100,000 COVID-19 deaths
Brazil is the second-worst-affected country behind the United States, registering more than 50,000 deaths.An aerial view of a burial site in Chile where the reported coronavirus death toll nearly doubled to more than 7,000 under a new tallying method that includes probable fatalities from COVID-19. MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP
JUNE 24, 2020
Latin America and the Caribbean surpassed 100,000 coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, more than half of them in Brazil, according to an AFP count based on official figures.
The pandemic is accelerating across the region, which now has a total of 2.1 million cases, with Brazil, Mexico, Peru and Chile the most-affected countries.
Brazil has the second-highest COVID-19 death toll in the world, after the United States, at more than 52,640 fatalities out of 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 face mask in public, after the far-right leader repeatedly flouted containment measures in place in Brasilia.
Mexico, also heavily hit 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 cases 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 days under mandatory lockdown and received a donation of 250 ventilators from the US.
Its neighbour to the north, Colombia, extended its quarantine until July 15, as its coronavirus cases continue to climb. The country has registered 2,404 deaths out of more than 73,500 cases.
The medical team of the Brazilian Armed Forces arrives at the Cruzeirinho village, Amazonas state, northern Brazil, to assist Indigenous population amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As the new coronavirus has ravaged Brazil, more than 7,000 Indigenous people have contracted the virus, and more than 300 have died. EVARISTO SA/AFP
People remain outside the Durango clinic in Mexico City during a earthquake on June 23, 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A 7.1-magnitude quake was registered on Tuesday in the south of Mexico, sending thousands into the streets. CLAUDIO CRUZ/AFP
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