(ANSA) - BUENOS AIRES, MAY 31 - With a record increase of 52,000 infected in just 24 hours, a week ended today which confirmed an acceleration of the pandemic in Latin America, with 975,406 confirmed cases and 50,110 deaths. This is what emerges from a statistic elaborated by ANSA on the basis of data concerning 34 Latin American nations and territories.
The situation in Brazil is still alarming, which alone recorded over 60% of the day's infections (33,000) bringing the general total to almost half a million (498,440), with 28,834 deaths (+1,000). Peru (155,671 and 4,371) and Chile (94,858 and 997) follow.
Among the countries with more than 5,000 cases, Mexico is reported for contagion (84,627) but second for fatal victims (9,415), ahead of Ecuador (38,571 and 3,334) which did not provide data yesterday, Colombia (28,236 and 890), Dominican Republic ( 16.908 and 498), Argentina (15.419 and 524), Panama (12.531 and 326) and Bolivia (8.731 and 300).
Virus, Latin America: 50 thousand dead
2020-05-31T13:29:14.150Z
With a record increase of 52,000 infected in just 24 hours, a week ended today which confirmed an acceleration of the pandemic in Latin America, with 975,406 confirmed cases and 50,110 deaths. (HANDLE)
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