World Coronavirus Dispatch: LatAm, Caribbean surpass Europe in fatalities

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Latin America and the Caribbean have surpassed Europe in the number of coronavirus deaths, with more than 211,000. So far, Europe had remained the hardest-hit region worldwide with 200,000 fatalities, most of them recorded in the early months of the pandemic. The rise in the death toll in Latin America has been driven by Brazil’s sharp upturn in cases and deaths, while Mexico, Peru, Chile and Colombia are relentlessly recording fatalities. Read more here

Let’s look at the global statistics:


Total Confirmed Cases: 19,025,580


Change Over Yesterday: 211,402


Total Deaths: 713,845


Total Recovered: 11,495,650

Nations hit with most cases: