translated from Spanish: At least 7 indigenous people from the Bolivian Amazon would have died from Covid-19 pandemic

Seven indigenous peoples from the Bolivian Amazon have died from coronavirus since the pandemic began and another 25 tested positive, according to a report by the Panamanian Ecclesial Network and the Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin.Brazil is the country with the most indigenous deceased (70) among the eight countries that share the Amazon basin in South America, according to the report of the Coordinator. , the region hardest hit with the disease is Santa Cruz, in the east of the country, as it concentrates 65% of the 3,661 positive cases recorded up to Sunday. The Ministry of Health’s report accounts for 165 deaths so far. Although quarantine has been extended until the end of the month, more work activities will resume since Monday at a time when the contagion is rapidly rising, health authorities say. Meanwhile, Chile reported 29 more deaths on Sunday — the highest number of deaths reported in a day since the country’s first case of the virus was detected on March 3 — bringing the victims 450 and the positive cases 43,781, about 2,353 more than the previous one. The Chilean capital lived its second day of total quarantine with a balance sheet from the authorities, who insisted on the need to comply with confinement and stay at home.” It’s up to everyone, we all have to take care of ourselves,” insisted the Health Minister, Jaime Mañalich. “What comes in these weeks is very hard; we are prepared to continue to give all that corresponds to the authority but it is necessary for each citizen to also give as much as he can” for quarantine measures to be “as short as possible,” he added. The hospital network of the Metropolitan Region, which is under quarantine that affects 90% of its population and where most of the contagion is concentrated, is already saturated by 91%, according to the authorities. Of the 29 dead reported on Sunday, 24 are in this region. More than 466,000 contagions and more than 29,900 people have been reported in Latin America, with Brazil with the highest number of infections and deaths. Globally, it has infected more than 4.6 million people and killed more than 312,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering, which bases its data on reports from governments and health authorities in each country. In most people this virus causes mild or moderate symptoms that go away in two to three weeks. But in some people, especially older adults and those with underlying health disorders, it can cause more serious illnesses and even death.

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