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With recent surge, Uruguay battles to contain coronavirus GUILLERMO GARAT, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 15 1of15Healthcare workers push on a mobile stretcher a person suspected of having COVID-19, into the CASMU 2 Hospital, in Montevideo, Uruguay, Friday, May 21, 2021. More than 3,000 people have died of COVID-19 in Uruguay since March. While the number may seem small for other countries, it is huge in this country of 3.5 million inhabitants and gives it one of the highest per capita coronavirus death rates, according the Our World in Data.Matilde Campodonico/APShow MoreShow Less 2of15Graciela Diaz shows a photo of her husband, Eduardo Rey with his granddaughter, at her home in Montevideo, Uruguay, Wednesday, May 26, 2021. On April 21, a month after his birthday, Rey died of respiratory insufficiency in an ICU in Montevideo, joining more than 3,000 people who have died of COVID-19 in Uruguay since March.Matilde Campodonico/APShow MoreShow Less

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