Prognosis
World’s Deadliest Hot Spots Can be Found Across Latin America
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A cemetery worker wears a protective mask at the Nueva Esperanza cemetery in Lima, Peru, on June 17, 2020.
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Latin America now accounts for 7 of the world’s 10 deadliest Covid-19 hot spots and, in many countries, the data suggests the situation will only get worse.
Chile reported 80 deaths per 1 million people in the past seven days, and Peru added 154 fatalities per million to its tally, higher than anywhere else in the world. While both figures may include counts from past periods -- Chile changed its methodology and Peru added almost 3,900 mortalities on Thursday after analyzing recent deaths -- the rest of Latin America isn’t far behind. Panama has the third highest rate, followed by Bolivia, Brazil and Mexico.