Peru’s number of confirmed infections now stands at 240,908, higher than in Italy – which for a long time was Europe’s worst-affected country.
Peru now has the second-highest number of cases after Brazil’s total of almost a million. Peru’s death toll stands at 7,257, still far behind Brazil’s more than 45,000.
Latin America is the current epicentre of the pandemic, with more than four million confirmed infections – the worst-hit countries are Brazil, Peru and Chile. Health experts believe the actual numbers in all those countries to be much higher.
Peru has just extended a lockdown until 30 June and numbers of daily infections seem to be on a downward trend. The latest daily figure of around 3,700 cases is only half of what it was in late May at the peak of the crisis.
