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However, Covid-19 deaths on the American continent, which on Monday exceeded the 100,000 deaths barrier, are significantly lower than the nearly 160,000 recorded in Europe, according to data published by the WHO.
The data that Johns Hopkins University updates every day helps to get an idea about the evolution of the disease and its impact on mortality rates in the countries.
The institution estimated that the mortality rate per 100,000 inhabitants due to covid-19 is 24.66 in the United States; 13.80 in Canada; 12.56 in Ecuador; 6.13 in Peru; 5.96 in Panama; 5.56 in Brazil; 2.83 in Mexico; 1.72 in Chile; 1.21 in Honduras; 1.07 in Bolivia, 0.96 in Colombia and 0.71 in Argentina.
Given the magnitude of the numbers, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) declared itself “very concerned” about the speed with which covid-19 is spreading in the American continent, where 266,269 more cases were registered in the last week. . .
“We are very concerned about how quickly the pandemic is spreading. It took our region three months to reach one million cases, but less than three weeks to almost double that number.“said the organization’s director, Carissa Etienne.
The PAHO Director warned that, due to this increase in mortality and transmission of the virus in South America, health systems in large urban centers such as Lima (Peru) or Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) “are rapidly becoming overwhelmed “
