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FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2025
Coronavirus deaths in Latin America hit global high

Coronavirus chronicle

BSS/AFP
08 August, 2020, 09:35 am
Last modified: 08 August, 2020, 09:40 am

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Coronavirus deaths in Latin America hit global high

The world’s worst-hit region had reported 213,120 fatalities, 460 more than Europe, according to an AFP tally

BSS/AFP
08 August, 2020, 09:35 am
Last modified: 08 August, 2020, 09:40 am
Gravediggers carry the coffin of Antonia Rodrigues during her funeral who passed away from the coronavirus disease, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 18, 2020/ Reuters
Gravediggers carry the coffin of Antonia Rodrigues during her funeral who passed away from the coronavirus disease, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 18, 2020/ Reuters

Latin America and the Caribbean surpassed Europe on Friday to become the region hardest-hit by coronavirus deaths, as India passed the sombre step of recording over two million infections.

The world's worst-hit region had reported 213,120 fatalities, 460 more than Europe, according to an AFP tally based on official data registered at 1700 GMT.

Worldwide there have been more than 19 million cases and over 715,000 deaths from the virus first reported in China at the end of last year.

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The virus has flared up again in areas where it appeared to have been curbed, but it has steadily spread across sprawling territories in India and Africa.

India's cases have doubled in three weeks, reaching two million on Friday following a record daily jump of more than 60,000 new infections.

It was only the third country after the United States and Brazil to surpass two million cases. Official figures show the world's second most populous country has also recorded 41,500 deaths.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government imposed one of the world's strictest lockdowns in late March, with tens of millions of migrant workers losing their jobs almost overnight.

But with the economy in tatters, restrictions have been steadily eased.

Experts say the true number of cases and deaths are grossly under reported as the cause of death in the country of 1.3 billion people is rarely properly recorded.

What's more, the stigmatization of those infected puts off many from getting tested.

"There's both the fear of the disease as well as of isolation and quarantine," Rajib Kumar, who heads the Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University, told AFP.

However, there are some positive indicators in Africa, where health authorities warned against complacency amidst hopes that the pandemic is peaking in some countries.

"African countries are doing their best, despite… limitations," such as weak health systems, Mary Stephen of the World Health Organization Africa office, told AFP on Friday.

Some countries have seen declines of around 20 percent in cases but there remain fears of a second wave.

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