00:00In the Americas, over 44 million people have been infected with COVID-19, including more than 2 million over the
00:11last week.
00:12Colombia has had the highest increase in cases of COVID-19 in South America.
00:18The situation in Brazil is particularly worrisome.
00:22Nearly three-quarters of all ICU beds in many Brazilian states, from the northern regions of the Amazon to the
00:32southern border of Uruguay, are being used to treat COVID patients.
00:38And many patients in the city of Manaus await hospital and ICU beds as rising cases challenge the health system.
00:48Mexico is reporting a rise in infections, with some regions of that country seeing tripling of cases over the last
00:56few weeks.
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