Latin America ravagedThe virus has hammered Latin America since the start of the pandemic, and some of those nations have been grappling with their deadliest outbreaks to date. Government health data in Colombia show that more than 500 people died from the virus each day in June. Brazil, which recently passed 500,000 official deaths, had the highest number of new cases and deaths of any country in the past week. But the virus is still running rampant in regions with lower rates of vaccination, like parts of Asia, Africa and South America. Some places with relatively high vaccination rates, like England, are also seeing spikes in cases, though fewer of those cases have been leading to hospitalizations and deaths.

Source: International New York Times July 08, 2021 09:01 UTC