The number of reported Covid-19 deaths in Latin America has passed 250,000, as the virus afflicts the region that has become the worst hit in the world.
The grim milestone was passed as Brazil reported 1,204 deaths from the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, according to the health ministry.
Over the past week, the region has reported more than 3,000 deaths a day. According to a Reuters tally, daily caseloads continue to rise in Peru, Colombia and Argentina.
Brazil is battling the world's second largest outbreak, behind only the United States, with the virus killing more than 112,000 people in Latin America's largest nation.