The new coronavirus continues its inexorable advance in Latin America, which in turn has become the epicenter of the pandemic, in particular in Brazil which is now the second globally in number of cases behind the United States. The Brazilian Ministry of Health announced on Friday that more than 1,000 people had died of Covid-19 in 24 hours. This is the third day out of four that this has happened.
The total number of deaths reached 21,048 which places Brazil in sixth position worldwide. But it sadly rose to second place in terms of cases with a total of 330,890 contaminations including 20,803 in the last 24 hours. Previously, Russia was second (326,488 cases) ahead of the United States (1.6 million). South America is "a new epicenter," said the World Health Organization on Friday.
Containment until June 30 in Peru
"We see the number of cases increasing in many South American countries (...) but clearly the most affected at this stage is Brazil," said Michael Ryan, WHO emergency manager. Another country struggling to stem the coronavirus, Peru. President Martin Vizcarra extended the confinement on Friday until June 30. It has been in effect since March 16.
"Compulsory social isolation" will also continue until this date because of "serious circumstances which affect the life of the nation due to the Covid-19," he added. The country deplores more than 3,100 deaths and more than 110,000 cases of contamination since March 6.
With figures probably underestimated, the pandemic officially affected more than 5.1 million people worldwide. It has killed at least 335,538 people since its appearance in December in China, according to a report compiled by AFP from official sources Friday at 7:00 p.m. GMT.
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