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Hospitals buckle as Peru tops 400,000 coronavirus cases

30 July 2020
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2020-07-30 11:33

Peru topped 400,000 coronavirus cases nationally on Wednesday. Hospitals in Peru's smaller cities are struggling to cope with a wave of coronavirus infections, with stretched resources buckling under the pressure of an increasing number of patients.

Officially, there have been more than 18,600 deaths associated with the pandemic, but officials admit that figure could top 40,000 once sub-registers on deaths are taken into account. As restrictions in Lima ease up, the virus is now spreading further inland. Outside of the capital health workers say they lack the resources to tackle the increasing number of infections. Authorities are now looking to relocate medics to at-risk areas so as to reinforce fragile hospitals outside of the capital.

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