260,000 Covid deaths - however the US has fallen sharply in the ranking of the most bereaved countries.

 With nearly 260,000 deaths announced since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the United States has, in absolute terms, the highest number of deaths in the world. However, compared to the number of its population (about 330 million inhabitants), the country has fallen sharply in the ranking of the most bereaved countries.

It is indeed South America and Europe that share the sad record of the territories with the most deaths from the coronavirus per capita. Among the ten countries with the most victims per million inhabitants, South and Central America ranks 5 countries, Europe