Sat 20 June 2020:
Brazil passed one million coronavirus cases and approached 50,000 deaths in a new nadir for the world’s second-worst-hit country.
The country’s health ministry reported 1,032,913 confirmed cases on Friday, with 1,206 new deaths that took the total official death toll to 48,954.
Friday also saw a new record daily number of cases, with 54,771 infections, a jump the health ministry said was largely due to “instability” in its reporting system, which meant some states were reporting figures from multiple days.
Brazil is likely to surpass 50,000 deaths on Saturday, although weekend reporting can be lower.
-Peru
Peru reported 199 new deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, according to health officials.
The death toll climbed to 7,660, while the number of confirmed cases rose by 3,537 to 247,925.
At least 135,520 people have recovered from the virus.
The country reported its first case March 6 and first death March 20.
– Ecuador
Ecuador reported 69 more deaths from the coronavirus, said the Health Ministry.
The death toll climbed to 4,156, while the number of confirmed cases rose by 634 to 49,731.
– Colombia
In Colombia, 95 people died from the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, its highest single-day number for fatalities, according to national media.
The number of fatalities rose to 2,045.
Cases in the country stand at 63,276 with 3,059 new infections, while 23,988 people have recovered.
Since first appearing in Wuhan, China last December, the novel coronavirus has spread to at least 188 countries and regions.
The pandemic has killed more than 458,700 people worldwide, with an excess of 8.6 million confirmed cases and greater than 4.2 million recoveries, according to figures compiled by Johns Hopkins University in the US.
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