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Latin America and Caribbean pass eight million virus infections
MONTEVIDEO, Sept 11, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Latin America and the Caribbean on
Thursday passed the milestone of eight million cases of Covid-19, days after
logging more than 300,000 deaths from the virus, according to an AFP tally of
official records.
The region, which is the worst hit in the world, had 8,035,484 cases as of
2200 GMT on Thursday, out of a global total of 28.02 million people infected
with the disease.
The region made up of the United States and Canada has the second largest
number of infections worldwide, with 6,504,734 cases. Europe is second to
Latin America in the number of deaths, with 220,085 fatalities from the
disease.
Brazil is the worst hit country in Latin America, with 4.23 million people
infected with Covid-19 and 129,522 dead from the disease.
Peru holds second place in the number of infections with 702,776 cases, as
well as 30,236 dead — but Mexico holds second place in the number of
fatalities in the region, with 69,095 having succumbed to the virus. It has
logged 647,507 infections.
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