Latin America and the Caribbean have become the new epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic, with more than two million cases, behind North America and Europe. Besides Brazil, Peru and Argentina are also among the most affected South American countries.

The new coronavirus has killed more than 50,000 people in Brazil since the start of the pandemic, which has infected more than a million people in the country, the Health Ministry said on Sunday. The Covid-19 killed 641 more people in 24 hours in Brazil, bringing the total toll to 50,617, the ministry said. Brazil is the second country most mourning the epidemic behind the United States where the virus has killed more than 120,000 people in more than 2.2 million cases.

Latin America and the Caribbean, the new epicenter of the pandemic, passed the two million contamination mark on Saturday, after the United States and Canada (more than 2.3 million mainly in the United States) and Europe which has more than 2.5 million cases, more than half of which are in Russia, the United Kingdom, Spain and Italy. Peru crossed the threshold of 8,000 dead and Argentina that of 1,000 dead.

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The Covid-19 pandemic has officially killed at least 465,300 people worldwide and infected more than 8.8 million, including more than four million now considered cured, since China first reported the outbreak. in December of illness.