News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. March 27, 2020: There are now close to 10,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Caribbean and Latin America as the death toll was close to 180 in the region last night. Five hundred new cases were reported on Thursday, March 26, 2020 as the global total past half a million.
Brazil leads the LATAM region almost 3,000 cases at 2,985. The country also has seen the most deaths to date – 77 even as it reported 18 critical cases last night. It added 431 cases yesterday.
Ecuador has the second highest number of cases at 1,403 while its death toll is at 34. But the new cases added Thursday reached 192.
Chile now has the third highest number of confirmed cases in the region at 1,306 but has only seen 4 deaths so far. However, it added 164 new cases yesterday.
For the Caribbean, the Dominican Republic leads with 488 cases to date and 10 deaths. However, the country continues to see new cases daily, reporting 96 alone Thursday.
The Caribbean region alone has over 1,000 cases at 1,054 and a reported 21 deaths.
Here’s where other countries in this region now stack up as the pandemic grows:
Panama – 674 and 9 deaths
Argentina – 589 with 12 deaths
Peru – 580 with 9 deaths
Mexico – 475 and 6 deaths
Uruguay – 238
Costa Rica – 231 and 2 deaths
Venezuela – 107
Martinique – 81 plus 1 death
Guadeloupe – 73 plus one death
Honduras – 67
Cuba – 67
Trinidad and Tobago – 65 plus 1 death
Paraguay – 41 plus 3 deaths
Puerto Rico – 64 plus 2 deaths
French Guiana – 28
Aruba – 28
Jamaica – 26 plus 1 death
Barbados – 24
Bermuda – 15
US Virgin Islands – 19
El Salvador – 13
Dominica – 11
St. Martin – 11
Cayman Islands – 8 plus one death
Bahamas – 9
Haiti – 8
Suriname – 8
Curacao – 7 plus one death
Antigua & Barbuda – 7
Grenada – 7
Guyana – 5 plus one death
Montserrat – 5
St. Barth – 3
St. Lucia – 3
Sint Maarten – 3
Belize – 2
Anguilla – 2
British Virgin Islands – 2
St. Kitts & Nevis – 2
Nicaragua – 2
Turks & Caicos – 2
St. Vincent and the Grenadines – 1
