COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador

The COVID-19 pandemic was reported to have spread to Ecuador on 29 February 2020. That was when a woman in her 70s tested positive for the virus. Ecuador was described in April as the growing "epicentre" of the pandemic in Latin America. 

Deaths
The city of Guayaquil had so many deaths that bodies were left in the street. Ecuador gave out cardboard coffins because the country had difficulty removing all the dead bodies. The government was planning to build emergency cemeteries to dispose of the bodies which are left in the streets.

Vaccination
In April 2021, newly elected President Guillermo Lasso said that his main priorities after being inaugurated would be to increase the COVID-19 vaccination rates in the country. Lassos said he aim for bilateral talks with Russia, China, the United States, the European Union and Chile to try to acquire vaccines.

Numbers
The number of deaths was believed to be higher than the official figure because not enough testing was being done. A New York Times analysis found 7,600 more deaths had happened from 1 March to 15 April as the mortality rate spiked to three times as much as usual. That showed that the official death toll was lower than the actual death toll.

 Current number of cases by provinces

 Provinces  Confirmed Cases  Confirmed Deaths https://twitter.com/Salud_Ec/status/1255896134024941571 Guayas  11,705  1,059 Indeterminated area (Rapid Test) 8,937  – Pichincha  2,096  105 Manabí  1,299  252 Los Ríos  1,026  76 El Oro  672  114 Azuay  569  24 Santa Elena  534  191 Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas  389  39 Esmeraldas  290  43 Tungurahua  273  34 Loja  257  14 Chimborazo  256  66 Cañar  241  22 Cotopaxi  168  36 Bolívar  167  18 Imbabura  126  11 Pastaza  97  4 Carchi  96  8 Galápagos  70  1 Zamora-Chinchipe  68  2 Sucumbíos  65  3 Orellana  60  1 Napo 54  3 Morona Santiago 44  1 29,559  2,127

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References

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