Latin America topped 1 million COVID-19 deaths

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) He reported that Latin America has passed one million deaths because of the coronavirus. The agency released a report in which it pointed out that the subcontinent has already recorded 1,023,617 died from the virus that originated in China at the end of 2019.

The Latin countries at the top of the ranking in terms of deaths are Brazil (454.429), Mexico (222,232), Colombia (86.180), Argentina (75,588) and Chile (28809). Meanwhile, the two North American countries of Anglo-Saxon origin, United States Yes Canada, respectively accumulate 586,890 and 25,361 deaths.

Meanwhile, the Latin American and Caribbean region is leading the sad world ranking by the number of daily deaths of coronaviruses per million inhabitants. Of the top ten countries on the list, nine are from this part of the world, according to varying numbers on the web Our world in data.

According to the most recent count, corresponding to May 26, this world ranking is directed Guyana, Paraguay, Uruguay, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Bahrain and Bolivia.

In the list, where the countries of South America are an alarming majority, Guyana is the nation with the highest number of deaths per million population with 16.53. This small Caribbean country, with just 782,766 inhabitants, reports 16,556 cases of coronavirus and 374 deaths to date, according to the American Johns Hopkins University.

In the second position is Paraguay, with 15.42 deaths, followed by Uruguay (14.11), Trinidad and Tobago (12.15), Suriname (11.93), Argentina (11.77), Brazil (11.28), Colombia (10.10), Bahrain (9.40) and Bolivia (8.74).

Overall, Latin America has so far had 32,566,926 cases of coronavirus and 1,023,617 deaths, according to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). The data is not a surprise, since last Saturday the Director of PAHO, Carissa Etienne, announced that in Latin America “The lives of over a million people have been cut short by COVID-19”, For what “This is a tragic step for all the inhabitants of the region.”

Etienne regretted that “the pandemic is hitting Latin America hard,” an area he described as “the epicenter of covid-19 suffering”, for which he said “it should also be an epicenter for the vaccination”.

However, the reality is very different since the official warned that of the more than 153.5 million people who have been vaccinated in America, only 21.6% are in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Despite the disappointing figures, Latin American governments are trying, as best they can, to contain the virus. In Argentina, for example, the president Alberto Fernández has tightened for nine days, since last Friday, the restrictions to deal with the onslaught of the second wave of COVID-19 in the country.

The Colombian did the same Ivan Duque by announcing that extend the health emergency by 90 days, which was first declared in March last year, with the aim of promoting economic recovery. Despite this, he said, “the opening of bars, restaurants and other entertainment spaces (will take place) when we have occupancy rates in the ICU below 85%”.

One more step goes further Chile by vaccinating more than 51% of the target population –9.7 million people-, a brand that places it as the second country in the world with the most fully vaccinated population behind Israel, according to data from the Oxford University.

And, as if it were a vision of what will be the future of the world, the Chilean authorities launched from Wednesday the “vaccination card“The digital which allows those who have already been vaccinated to leave the quarantine zones and travel between regions, which is prohibited for months.

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