Peru passed 1 million confirmed cases of coronavirus infection Tuesday, becoming the fifth nation in Latin America to report that number as the region struggles with the pandemic’s economic and health effects.Peru, which has a population of 32 million, was quick to declare lockdown measures in March as the pandemic spread in Europe.
But in spite of closing its airports for almost six months and ordering most of its residents to stay at home it has struggled to contain the virus.Officials said they had recorded 1,000,153 cases as of Tuesday evening.