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Coronavirus: More than 188,000 dead in Peru

The Peru, A country severely affected by the new coronavirus pandemic surpassed 2 million cases of SARS-CoV-2 on Sunday, a tragic milestone that went almost unnoticed in the Andean country, which is looking forward to learning the outcome of last week’s presidential election.

A total of 2,001,059 people have been infected with the virus and 188,443 patients with COVID-19 have succumbed, according to data released yesterday by the Peruvian Ministry of Health.

In addition, 10,711 people are hospitalized, 2,548 in intensive care units (ICU).

Peru is the country with the highest mortality rate in the world, mourning the highest number of deaths compared to its population (33 million inhabitants).

Peruvian authorities reviewed the number of deaths due to COVID-19 on May 31, raising it from 69,000 to 180,000, following recommendations from a technical council set up in April by Peruvian experts and World Health Organization (WHO) officials.

The official result of the second round of last Sunday’s highly ambiguous presidential election, in which populist right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori and radical left-wing leader Pedro Castillo clashed. has not been announced yet.

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