BRASILIA (Reuters) – COVID-19 deaths have decreased 17% in the Americas over the past week, but the most populous countries like the United States, Brazil and Colombia are seeing a leveling of new infections after weeks of declining trends, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday.
Mexico is reporting an increasing trend in new deaths and in the Caribbean Trinidad and Tobago has had a sharp rise in deaths as ICU beds fill with COVID-19 patients, PAHO said. Countries across Central and South America are seeing a decline in new infections, except for Bolivia, the health agency said.
(Reporting by Anthony Boadle)
