As global coronavirus cases exceed 2.4 million, here're the latest updates on Covid-19: - Over 100,000 cases in Latin America - Mexico reports 36 new deaths - Trump says close to deal with Democrats on economic stimulus package Read more:
Handout picture released by Peru's Ministry of Health showing 90 year-old Valerio Santa Cruz, moments before being discharged from the Dos de Mayo State Hospital in Lima on April 15, 2020. The number of coronavirus infections across Latin America surpassed 100,000 on Sunday with nearly 5,000 deaths, according to an AFP tally based on official figures reported by individual countries.
Brazil, with a population of 210 million, has the most cases — 38,654 infections and 2,462 deaths — although experts believe the number of infections to be far greater, given relatively little testing. Trump says getting close to a deal with Democrats US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Republicans were "close" to getting a deal with Democrats on another legislative package to help alleviate economic damage done by the coronavirus pandemic. Mexico's records 686 deaths so farMexican Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell said on Sunday that Mexico has registered a total of 8,261 confirmed coronavirus cases and 686 deaths.
"In order to better control the spread of Covid-19, we decided to extend the current total curfew from Sunday 19 at 3:00 pm, until Sunday, April 26, 2020, at 3:00 pm," said the spokesman for the Honduran security ministry, Jair Meza. Peru reported over 15,000 cases of coronavirus on Sunday, the second-highest tally in Latin America, as the disease continues to ravage the economy of the world's No. 2 copper producer.
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