Coronavirus in Latin America: this is how the week begins in the most affected countries in the region

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(CNN Spanish) -  The world is approaching 9 million cases of coronavirus. The pandemic has claimed more than 468,000 deaths worldwide, and the Americas are currently the region hardest hit by the virus.

With 2.28 million and more than a million, respectively, the United States and Brazil lead, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. 

Thus begins the week of June 22 in the ten Latin American countries most affected by covid-19.

🇧🇷 Brazil

Confirmed cases: 1,083,341

Deaths: 50,591

🇵🇪 Peru

Confirmed cases: 251,338

Deaths: 7,861

READ : He walked hundreds of kilometers with his daughters to the Amazon to escape the covid-19

🇨🇱 Chile

Confirmed cases: 242,355

Deaths: 4,479

🇲🇽 Mexico

Confirmed cases: 180,545

Deaths: 21,825

🇨🇴 Colombia

Confirmed cases: 68,836

Deaths: 2,353

🇪🇨 Ecuador

Confirmed cases: 50,640

Deaths: 4,223

READ : The Government of Ecuador "has failed to convince" the population of the need for measures

🇦🇷 Argentina

Confirmed cases: 42,785

Deaths: 1,011

🇩🇴 Dominican Republic

Confirmed cases: 26,677

Deaths: 662

MIRA : Medellín will send locally produced respirators to other Colombian cities and Latin American countries

🇵🇦 Panama

Confirmed cases: 26,030

Deaths: 501

🇧🇴 Bolivia

Confirmed cases: 24,388

Deaths: 773

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