(ANSA) - LIMA, 22 OCT - Peru, the country with the highest mortality rate for Covid-19 in the world, has exceeded the threshold of 200,000 victims due to the coronavirus epidemic.
The Peruvian Ministry of Health said it last night.
The South American country of 33 million inhabitants has recorded 25 deaths and 1,043 cases of contamination in the last 24 hours, for a total of 2.2 million infections and 200,003 deaths since the beginning of the epidemic in March 2020, the ministry said.
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