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Peru surpasses 500,000 Covid-19 cases, highest death toll in region

COVID-19 | Peru surpassed half a million coronavirus cases and has the highest death toll in Latin America, according to Health Ministry data on Thursday, as the government struggles to contain a recent surge of infections.

There have been 507,996 confirmed cases and 25,648 related deaths, Vice Health Minister Luis Suarez said at a news conference...

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