Over 2 Million COVID-19 Cases in Latin America... Deaths Exceed 90,000

Over 2,008,000 Cumulative COVID-19 Cases in More Than 30 Latin American Countries

Brazilian citizens wearing COVID-19 masks (AP=Yonhap News)

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Ji-hee] The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in the Latin America region has surpassed 2 million. It took three months to reach 1 million cumulative confirmed cases since the first case was reported in February, but the number of confirmed cases increased to 2 million in just 20 days, indicating a faster spread.

According to international statistics site Worldometer on the 20th (local time), the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases in more than 30 countries in Latin America is approximately 2,008,000. The number of deaths in the region is about 93,000.

More than half of the confirmed cases in Latin America came from Brazil alone. Brazil, with a population of 210 million, surpassed 1 million confirmed cases yesterday, ranking second in the world after the United States, and recorded over 30,000 new infections in a single day. Deaths have also exceeded 50,000.

Following Brazil are Peru (251,338 cumulative confirmed cases), Chile (236,748), and Mexico (175,202), where thousands of new cases are reported daily.

According to Worldometer's tally as of the previous day, four Latin American countries are among the top 10 countries worldwide with the highest number of daily confirmed cases: Brazil (1st), Chile (5th), Mexico (6th), and Peru (10th).

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