Latin America, Caribbean Pass Europe In COVID-19 Deaths

Daily Mail: Latin America and Caribbean surpass Europe to become world's hardest-hit Covid region with more than 210,000 deaths - with nearly HALF of fatalities recorded in Brazil at 99,702

* Protesters planted crosses and released balloons on Copacobana beach in Brazil
* The second worst-affected country is Mexico, which has passed 50,000 deaths
* Meanwhile India's cases doubled in three weeks, reaching 2 million on Friday

Latin America and the Caribbean surpassed Europe on Friday to become the region hardest-hit with coronavirus deaths, as India passed the milestone of two million infections.

The world's worst-affected region has reported 213,120 fatalities in total, 460 more than Europe, according to an AFP tally based on official data.

In Brazil, demonstrators released 100 biodegradable red balloons as the country's coronavirus death toll nears 100,000.

Worldwide there have been more than 19 million cases of coronavirus and over 715,000 deaths from the illness since it was first reported in China at the end of last year.

In Latin America, which is already the region with the largest number of infections at 5.3 million, deaths continue to soar.

Over the last week, 44 percent of global fatalities from COVID-19 - 18,300 out of 41,500 - occurred in the region.

More than half the region's infections, some 2.9 million, are in Brazil, which has also recorded 99,702 deaths among its 212 million people, according to worldometer.info.

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More News On The Covid-19 Outbreak In Latin America

Latin America, Caribbean pass Europe in COVID-19 deaths -- Euronews
Coronavirus deaths in Latin America hit global high -- AFP
Coronavirus: Brazil passes 100,000 deaths as outbreak shows no sign of easing -- BBC
Brazil makes grim milestone -- 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 -- AP
Brazil COVID-19 deaths reach 100,000 and barrel onward -- Reuters
Brazil surpasses 100,000 coronavirus deaths: officials -- France 24
Brazil's ex-health minister attacks Bolsonaro as Covid-19 deaths tops 100,000 -- The Guardian
Mexico's coronavirus death tally exceeds 52,000, cases above 475,900 -- Reuters
Havana back on lockdown as coronavirus rebounds -- Reuters