Peru adjusts COVID-19 death toll, now highest per capita overall
Al Jazeera, 01 Jun 2021
Peru's government has more than doubled its official coronavirus death toll to more than 180,000, making it the country with the highest coronavirus-related per capita death toll in the world.
A government review finds that 180,764 died from the disease – as opposed to the previous official figure of 69,342.
The government said it had reassessed the criteria for attributing COVID-19 as the cause of death and revised its figures upwards on the advice of Peruvian and international experts.
Al Jazeera's Laura Burdon-Manley reports.
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A government review finds that 180,764 died from the disease – as opposed to the previous official figure of 69,342.
The government said it had reassessed the criteria for attributing COVID-19 as the cause of death and revised its figures upwards on the advice of Peruvian and international experts.
Al Jazeera's Laura Burdon-Manley reports.
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