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Covid-19 patients are cared for in a field hospital installed in a sports stadium on the outskirts of São Paulo, Brazil. The photo was taken on March 4.
In the last month, more than 100,000 people in Latin America and the Caribbean have died after being infected by the coronavirus, and the death toll on the continent now stands at more than 700,000, according to a census carried out by AFP based on official sources. .
The region, which includes 34 countries and territories in South and Central America, including Mexico, was previously the most affected continent in terms of absolute death toll. Today, however, Europe has passed, when in mid-February its 52 countries reached 800,000 deaths in the coronavirus suites, according to a similar compilation by AFP.
In Latin America, Brazil and Mexico account for two-thirds of the deaths related to covid-19 in the region. Brazil remains the second most affected country after the United States, in terms of the number of deaths in absolute numbers. More than 266,000 people have died in Brazil since they suffered from Covid-19.
Since December 2019, worldwide, almost 2.26 million people have died after being infected by the coronavirus.
