Peruvian COVID-19 death toll more than doubles after gov't review
Jun 01, 2021
Lima (Peru), June 1: Peru revised its national COVID-19 death toll to 180,764 on Monday, more than doubling the 69,342 fatalities reported as of Sunday, according to a report by a technical working group created by the Peruvian government.
The revised figure corresponds to the period from March 1, 2020 to May 22, 2021, said Marushka Chocobar, president of the working group set to clarify the actual death toll in the country.
She said the working group applied seven "technical criteria" and a new tool called Noti-Sinadef for the count, making it possible to have a real and "closer daily figure of what is happening in the country" regarding the pandemic.
Minister of Health Oscar Ugarte promised that the government will immediately move to implement the recommendations.
Source: Xinhua
