Ecuador's confirmed coronavirus cases more than doubled to a total of 22,719 after the government released a batch of delayed test results, the Andean country's interior minister said on Friday.
The pandemic in recent weeks has overwhelmed health officials in Guayaquil on the Pacific coast, Ecuador's largest city and epicenter of its coronavirus outbreak.
The government had reported 11,183 confirmed coronavirus cases across Ecuador on Thursday. Interior Minister Maria Paulo Romo confirmed coronavirus cases more than doubled to a total of 22,719 after the government released a batch of delayed test results, being released after an increase in testing capacity, rather than any significant change in the situation on the ground. "It means we