Coronavirus in Latin America: the countries with the most deaths from covid-19

2021-02-08T11:52:42.117Z

Thus begins the week of February 8, 2021 in the ten Latin American countries with the highest number of deaths from coronavirus.

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In a week, the world added some three million new cases and around 100,000 more deaths from covid-19.

While vaccinations advance in the world, the pandemic still does not give truce.

Thus begins the week of February 8, 2021 in the ten Latin American countries with the highest number of deaths from coronavirus, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University.

Brazil

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Brazil's Health Ministry said last Friday that the country is interested in buying 10 million imported doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine.

The pharmaceutical agency Anvisa said it received a request to carry out phase 3 trials of Indian Covaxin.

Sputnik V is not yet approved for emergency use in Brazil, but the Ministry of Health decided to go ahead with negotiations to purchase the vaccine after Anvisa recently removed the requirement that phase 3 trials be carried out in Brazil before to approve a vaccine for emergency use, according to Agência Brasil.

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231,534 deaths

9,524,640 cases

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Mexico

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According to data from the Ministry of Health on Sunday, it is estimated that Mexico currently has 76,732 active covid-19 cases.

166,200 deaths

1,932,145 cases

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Colombia

The mayor of Bogotá, Claudia López, announced the return of students to face-to-face classes, as contagion decreases in the capital.

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This Monday begins a pilot plan for the gradual reopening of colleges and universities in Colombia.

In Bogotá, private schools and universities will be able to return to classrooms in person, while continuing with the virtual modality.

55,993 deaths

2,157,216 cases

Argentina

Vaccination of medical workers with the Sputnik V vaccine at the River Plate basketball court in Buenos Aires.

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Argentina is one of the six Latin American countries conducting clinical trials or planning to participate in one, according to information from December 2020.

The country has already authorized eight clinical trials of vaccines against the new coronavirus, in addition to 22 clinical studies on drugs.

49,171 deaths

1,980,347 cases

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Peru

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Peru received its first shipment of 300,000 doses of the Chinese Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine and aims to begin vaccinating front-line health workers this week.

This was announced by the president, Francisco Sagasti, on Sunday night.

The remaining 700,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccines will arrive in Peru on February 14, Sagasti said.

42,308 deaths

1,186,698 cases

Chile

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18,974 deaths

751,886 cases

Ecuador

15,012 deaths

258,282 cases

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Bolivia

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10,796 deaths

227,967 cases

Guatemala

Guatemala will receive a first shipment with more than 800,000 vaccines against covid-19 between mid and late February, President Alejandro Giammattei reported in late January.

Through messages on Twitter, the president said that the doses will reach the country through the COVAX initiative and that they will serve to "vaccinate health personnel who work on the front line and other groups such as firefighters and people with high-risk diseases."

5,884 deaths

163,137 cases