Workers from the “Los Olivos” funeral home collected the bodies of victims of Covid-19 from a hospital in Mexico City, on June 1. Pedro Pardo / AFP / Getty Images
Cases and deaths related to Coronavirus throughout Latin America are increasing faster than anywhere in the world.
Mexico: Countryreported 2,999 cases of the corona virus on Monday, bringing the total to 120,102, according to the ministry of health. The death toll rose to 14,053, up 354 from Sunday’s total.
Peru: The health ministry recorded 3,181 new cases on Monday, bringing the country’s total to 199,696. Peru also recorded 106 new deaths, bringing the number of deaths to 5,571.
Brazil: The health ministry reported 15,654 new cases of coronavirus on Monday, bringing the country’s total to 707,412. Brazil also confirmed 679 new Covid-19 deaths on Monday, bringing the country’s total to 37,134. Brazil has recorded the second highest number of cases in the world, behind the United States.
The biggest spike in the whole world: Sunday marked the most Covid-19 cases reported to the World Health Organization in one day so far during the coronavirus pandemic, WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a media conference in Geneva on Monday.
“Yesterday, more than 136,000 cases were reported – the most in one day so far,” Tedros said. “Nearly 75% of yesterday’s cases came from 10 countries, mostly in America and South Asia.”
