Peru has world’s worst per capita Covid toll after death data revised

Updated figures give country a per capita death toll of 500 per 100,000 people - double that of Brazil

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Peru has almost tripled its official Covid-19 death toll to 180,764, after a government review, making it the country with the highest death rate per capita, according to Johns Hopkins University data.

Peru has been among the hardest hit Latin American countries during the pandemic, with its hospitals overcrowded and demand for oxygen outstripping availability.