This COVID-19 in Latin America tracker follows the growth and spread of the pandemic in Latin America. The tracker will be updated regularly. 

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May 6

• Latin America COVID-19 Confirmed cases – 304,184
• Latin America COVID-19 Death total – 16,373
• COVID-19 cases in Latin America account for 8% of the global total.
• Top 5 countries confirmed cases in Latin America
  • Brazil – 126,611
  • Peru – 54,817
  • Ecuador – 31,881
  • Mexico – 27,634
  • Chile – 23,048

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May 4

• Latin America COVID-19 Confirmed cases – 270,663
• Latin America COVID-19 Death total – 14,355
• COVID-19 cases in Latin America account for 7.4% of the global total.
• Top 5 countries confirmed cases in Latin America
  • Brazil – 108,620
  • Peru – 47,372
  • Ecuador – 31,881
  • Mexico – 24,905
  • Chile – 20,643

May 3

• Latin America COVID-19 Confirmed cases – 256,447
• Latin America COVID-19 Death total – 13,787
• COVID-19 cases in Latin America account for 7.2% of the global total.
• Top 5 countries confirmed cases in Latin America
  • Brazil – 101,826
  • Peru – 45,928
  • Ecuador – 29,538
  • Mexico – 23,471
  • Chile – 19,663

April 29

• Latin America COVID-19 Confirmed cases – 201,422
• Latin America COVID-19 Death total – 10,553
• COVID-19 cases in Latin America account for 6.3% of the global total.
• Top 5 countries confirmed cases in Latin America
  • Brazil – 79,685
  • Peru – 33,931
  • Ecuador – 24,675
  • Mexico – 17,799
  • Chile – 14,885

April 27

• Latin America COVID-19 Confirmed cases – 176,157
• Latin America COVID-19 Death total – 8,802
• COVID-19 cases in Latin America account for 5.7% of the global total.
• Sao Paulo mayor, Bruno Covas, talked about closing main streets and avenues to enforce social distancing
• Top 5 countries confirmed cases in Latin America
  • Brazil – 66,501
  • Peru – 28,699
  • Ecuador – 23,240
  • Mexico – 15,529
  • Chile – 13,813

April 23

• Latin America COVID-19 Confirmed cases – 129,835
• Latin America COVID-19 Death total – 6,727
• UN Office for Latin America projected a -5.3% drop in economic activity in 2020
• Top 5 countries confirmed cases in Latin America
  • Brazil – 50,036
  • Peru – 20,914
  • Chile – 11,812
  • Mexico – 11,633
  • Ecuador – 8,772

April 21

• Latin America COVID-19 Confirmed cases – 108,256
• Latin America COVID-19 Death total – 5,311
• Deputy Health Minister of Mexico announced the start of ‘Phase 3’ of COVID, where the number of cases is expected to spike
• Top 5 countries confirmed cases in Latin America
  • Brazil – 40,814
  • Peru – 16,325
  • Chile – 10,507
  • Ecuador – 10,128
  • Mexico – 8,772

April 19

• Latin America COVID-19 Confirmed cases – 102,796
• Latin America COVID-19 Death total – 5,016
• Total confirmed cases in Latin America accounts for 4.3% of the global total
• Top 5 countries confirmed cases in Latin America
  • Brazil – 38,654
  • Peru – 15,628
  • Chile – 10,088
  • Ecuador – 9,468
  • Mexico – 8,261

April 16

• Latin America COVID-19 Confirmed cases – 84,433
• Latin America COVID-19 Death total – 3,930
• Second Brazilian governor tests positive for coronavirus
• Total confirmed cases in Latin America accounts for 3.9% of the global total
• Top 5 countries confirmed cases in Latin America
  • Brazil – 30,683
  • Peru – 12,491
  • Chile – 8,807
  • Ecuador – 8,225
  • Mexico – 6,297

April 15

• Latin America COVID-19 Confirmed cases – 79,262
• Latin America COVID-19 Death total – 3,632
• Brazilian governor tests positive for coronavirus
• Total confirmed cases in Latin America accounts for 3.8% of the global total
• French Guiana and St. Barts remain the two territories yet to report a COVID19-related death
• Top 5 countries confirmed cases in Latin America
  • Brazil – 28,746
  • Peru – 11,475
  • Chile – 8,273
  • Ecuador – 7,858
  • Mexico – 5,847

April 9

• Latin America COVID-19 Confirmed cases – 52,245
• Latin America COVID-19 Death total – 2,068
• Total confirmed cases in Latin America accounts for 3.3% of the global total
• French Guiana and St. Barts are the two territories in the region that have yet to report a COVID19-related death
• Top 5 countries confirmed cases in Latin America
  • Brazil – 18,176
  • Chile – 5,972
  • Peru – 5,256
  • Ecuador – 4,965
  • Mexico – 3,441

April 5

• Confirmed cases – 33,114
• Death total – 1,182
• Total confirmed cases in Latin America accounts for 2.5% of the global total
• Top 5 countries confirmed cases in Latin America
  • Brazil – 11,281
  • Chile – 4,471
  • Ecuador – 3,646
  • Peru – 2,281
  • Mexico – 2,143

March 31

• Confirmed cases – 19,068
• Death total – 520
• Total confirmed cases in Latin America accounts for 2.2% of the global total
• Brazil’s currency lost 20% of its value since the beginning of March
• Currency value in Mexico dropped 1.8%
• Top 5 countries confirmed cases in Latin America
  • Brazil – 5,717
  • Chile – 2,738
  • Ecuador – 2,302
  • Mexico – 1,215
  • Panama – 1,181

March 29

• Confirmed cases – 14,868
• Death total – 353
• Brazil announced the closure of their borders for 30 days for all air travel
• Chile enforcing nationwide curfew and quarantine
• Panama suspended all international and domestic commercial flights
• Top 5 countries confirmed cases in Latin America
  • Brazil – 4,256
  • Chile – 2,139
  • Ecuador – 1,924
  • Panama – 989
  • Dominican Republic – 859

March 26

• Latin America COVID-19 Confirmed cases – 9,787
• Latin America COVID-19 Death total – 170
• Impeachment requests made in Mexico over the President’s lack of action in pandemic
• The Central Bank of Brazil released $230 billion into the financial system
• Venezuelan government ordered a national quarantine
• Top 5 countries confirmed cases in Latin America
  • Brazil – 2,985
  • Ecuador – 1,403
  • Chile – 1,306
  • Peru – 580
  • Panama – 558