Ecuador's coronavirus case total is twice as high as confirmed: minister

Ecuador's health minister said on Thursday the country's coronavirus case total was twice as high as previously confirmed, as authorities added 11,000 new infections that resulted from delayed testing.

Houses are seen in the low-income community Monte Sinai and where authorities are building a new cemetery during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease , in Guayaquil, Ecuador April 23, 2020. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos

With 560 confirmed deaths, the outbreak has ravaged the economy of the oil-producing country and overwhelmed sanitary authorities in the largest city of Guayaquil, where corpses remained in homes or for hours on the streets.

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