![]() Last week it was reported that there were only 64 open intensive care (ICU) beds across the country. Many hospitals are reportedly operating at 150 percent capacity, with patients filling cafeterias, hallways, waiting rooms and tent facilities set up in parking lots. ![]() The surge has brought the health care system to a state of collapse. Peru trails only Brazil in terms of Latin American per-capita death rates. The average daily death toll has risen to 378, with one Peruvian dying every four minutes. In addition to the P.1 variant from Brazil, a newly identified C.37 variant is spreading rapidly in both Peru and Chile. ![]() New and more contagious variants of the coronavirus have fueled a record rise in both infections and fatalities. With Peru heading toward a second-round election pitting former teachers strike leader Pedro Castillo against Keiko Fujimori, leader of the Peruvian right and daughter of a jailed former autocrat, the country is reeling under the impact of the latest deadly surge of the COVID-19 pandemic. ![]()
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