According to a statement from the presidential palace, more than 180,000 people from the Latin American nation’s total population of around 33 million have died after contracting the virus - far outstripping previous data that put the tally at 69,342.
Prime Minister Violeta Bermudez said the figures had been revised following consultation with domestic and international experts, adding: “We think it is our duty to make public this updated information.”
Elusive figures
The new official tally covers the period from March 2020 to 22 May of this year and has increased dramatically because “a significant number of deaths were not classified as caused by Covid-19” prior to the consultation, said Health Minister Oscar Ugarte.
Peru has tripled its total coronavirus death toll to more than 180,000 after a government review revealed that officials had undercounted COVID-19 fatalities.According to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, Peru now has the highest coronavirus death rate per capita, with more than 500 fatalities per 100,000 people.Hungary previously had the worst death rate per capita at roughly 300 per 100,000 people.While Brazil currently has the.
Peru once again No. 1 country in Covid mortality 3 minutes read
Lima, May 31 (EFE).- Peru on Monday once again became the country with the No. 1 Covid-19 mortality after the government revised the death toll for the pandemic so far, adding more than 111,000 to the list to create a total almost three times the earlier statistic regarding the impact of the coronavirus since it hit the Andean nation more than a year ago.
With the aim of clarifying the real toll from the pandemic, the Peruvian government in April established a technical working group which on Monday presented its final report in which it reported that the number of dead from Covid-19 in the country totaled 180,764 between March 2020 and May 22, 2021.