Covid-19 infections and deaths are dropping across Latin America

Covid-19 infections and deaths are dropping across Latin America Covid-19 is slowly retreating across most of North, Central and South America, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday. NBC News

BRASILIA — Covid-19 is slowly retreating across most of North, Central and South America, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday, reporting that last week the continent’s death and infection figures were the lowest in over a year.

Many of the larger Caribbean islands are seeing downward trends, including Cuba, the site of a major months-long Covid-19 outbreak.

However, Paraguay saw a doubling of coronavirus cases in the last week and Belize a sharp jump in Covid-related deaths, the regional branch of the World Health Organization said in a briefing. ...