Latin America and the Caribbean, region of the world most bereaved by Covid-19

Latin America and the Caribbean became on Friday August 7 the region of the world most affected in terms of death toll from the new coronavirus, according to an AFP count from official data.

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With at least 213,120 deaths, this region exceeds Europe, which accounts for 212,660 deaths, according to a report established at 19 hours French. The two regions concentrate 6 deaths out of 10 recorded in the world.

In the past seven days, 44% of the world's deaths have been recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean (around 18,300 for a total of 41,500). The region is also the one with the most cases of infection, with more than 5.3 million infections, mostly in Brazil (2.9 million cases, nearly 100,000 deaths).