Deaths from COVID rising across U.S., Brazil, and Eastern Caribbean

Posted: Wednesday, February 16, 2022. 10:08 pm CST.

By Aaron Humes: This week, countries of the Americas reported 3.3 million new cases and more than 34,000 COVID-19 related deaths.

In North America, the United States recorded the highest number of deaths in the subregion – 17,000.

Countries in Central America and in the Caribbean reported a surge in COVID-19 deaths, as well as an increase in hospitalizations, reaching 19 percent in some countries and territories of the Eastern Caribbean.

In South America, deaths in Brazil reached the highest numbers ever, setting a record for this wave.

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