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Bolivia police recover 400 bodies of suspected COVID-19 patients
The dead believed to have succumbed to coronavirus recovered from streets and homes in Bolivia's biggest cities.
2 hours ago
Police in Bolivia have recovered more than 400 bodies found in streets, vehicles and homes of some of the country's biggest cities over a five-day period, with 85 percent of the victims believed to have died from coronavirus.
A total of 191 bodies were collected in the Cochabamba metropolitan area from July 15 to 20, with another 141 recovered in the administrative capital, La Paz, national police director Coronel Ivan Rojas told reporters on Tuesday. In the country's biggest city, Santa Cruz, authorities recovered 68 bodies.
Some 85 percent of the bodies were "positive cases for COVID-19 and cases with COVID-19 symptoms," said Rojas, referring to the highly contagious respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus.
The rest died of "other causes, meaning death from an illness or a violent cause", he added.
According to the national epidemiological office, the western regions of Cochabamba and La Paz are experiencing a "very rapid increase" in coronavirus cases...
Bolivia police recover 400 bodies of suspected COVID-19 patients
The dead believed to have succumbed to coronavirus recovered from streets and homes in Bolivia's biggest cities.
2 hours ago
Police in Bolivia have recovered more than 400 bodies found in streets, vehicles and homes of some of the country's biggest cities over a five-day period, with 85 percent of the victims believed to have died from coronavirus.
A total of 191 bodies were collected in the Cochabamba metropolitan area from July 15 to 20, with another 141 recovered in the administrative capital, La Paz, national police director Coronel Ivan Rojas told reporters on Tuesday. In the country's biggest city, Santa Cruz, authorities recovered 68 bodies.
Some 85 percent of the bodies were "positive cases for COVID-19 and cases with COVID-19 symptoms," said Rojas, referring to the highly contagious respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus.
The rest died of "other causes, meaning death from an illness or a violent cause", he added.
According to the national epidemiological office, the western regions of Cochabamba and La Paz are experiencing a "very rapid increase" in coronavirus cases...