COVID-19 Is Now A Top Cause Of Death In 5 Latin American Nations : Goats and Soda

COVID-19 has become the leading cause of death in five Latin American nations and the second most common cause in six others. The World Health Organization's 'Americas Region,' which stretches from the Canadian Arctic to Cape Horn in Chile, has been hit harder by the pandemic than any other part of the globe. The region currently accounts for 48% of the 1.65 million COVID-19 deaths reported to WHO so far worldwide. While the United States is a major contributor to that trend with more than 300,000 deaths, Peru's death rate from the disease is actually higher than the U.S. COVID-19 now surpasses coronary heart disease as the No. 1 cause of death in Brazil, Chile, Ecuador and Panama.