SAO PAULO, Brazil
With Mexico rising Thursday as the third largest number of COVID-19 deaths in the world, Americans have surpassed the impressive milestone of one million deaths, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University.
America is the first region of the world to reach that mark, with about half of the world’s nearly 2.2 million deaths, followed by Europe with nearly 680,000 deaths, Asia (370,000) , Africa (89,000) and Oceania (less than 1,000).
Carissa Etienne, director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), said that it is “a million people with hopes, dreams and a bleak future. Millions of families in mourning, many who cannot leave a blessing, who feel like they never are. ” According to her, “The separations and lessons of this pandemic will stay with us”.
“While hospitals are growing in much of the region, including Colombia, Chile and Peru, the situation in Brazil is particularly worrying,” noted Etienne PAHO. The director of the Pan-American group explained that nearly three-quarters of ICU beds in many states are used to treat COVID-19 patients.
Now, for the first time, the first three countries in the number of all new coronavirus victims are in the region: the United States, Brazil and Mexico, in that order. Together, the three countries now make up nearly 810,000 casualties. The U.S. has more than 433,300 deaths, while Brazil, and Mexico, have more than 221,500, over 155,100. India remains in fourth place, with 154,010 casualties.
The top 10 American countries with COVID-19 casualties finished with Colombia, with 52,913 deaths, 12th in global ranking; Argentina, with 47,601 (13th); Peru, le 40,484 (15mh); Canada, with 19,659 (21st); Chile, with 18,174 (23rd); Ecuador, with 14,766 (25th); and Bolivia, with 10,226 (33rd). Together, these seven countries alone account for more than 203,000 deaths.
In the American region, which includes both North and South America, and which comprises a total of 35 countries, there are only two countries, Dominica and Saint Kitts and Nevis, to date there has been no record of deaths from COVID-19, but there are fewer than 100,000 residents.
In terms of population size, Panama was the most affected by the pandemic to date, with 13.23%; the US, with 12.93%; Peru, at 12.57%; Mexico, with 11.92%; Colombia, with 10.51%; and Brazil, with 10.38%. The PAHO said Colombia has seen the highest increase in cases in South America.
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