COVID-19 Deaths In Latin America Surpass 1 Million

Reuters: COVID-19 deaths in Latin America surpass 1 million as outbreak worsens

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -The death toll from COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean passed 1 million people on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, with the pandemic worsening in the part of the world with the highest per capita death rate.

From the dusty highlands of Bolivia to the Brazilian metropolis of São Paulo, the pandemic has swamped underfunded healthcare systems after spreading fast across nations where many people survive

hand-to-mouth and have been unable to enter lockdown.

In Peru, among the hardest hit nations in the region, COVID-19 patients have died in crowded hospital corridors of the capital Lima.

Deep in the Amazon jungles of Brazil, many residents of the city of Manaus have died at home with no oxygen to fill damaged lungs, after supplies ran out there this year.

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Update #1: Latin America and Caribbean surpass million Covid-19 deaths (France 24)

Update #2: COVID hot spots persist in Latin American countries (CIDRAP)

WNU Editor: The pandemic is still raging throughout the Americas. And until the populations get vaccinated, this catastrophe will continue.