Peru revises pandemic death toll, now worst in the world per capita

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Aerial view during the burial of Juana Llana Godoy (59), who died of Covid according to her relatives, at "Martires 19 de Julio" cemetery in Comas, in the outskirts of Lima, Peru. Photo: Getty Images

Peru on Monday almost tripled its official Covid-19 death toll to 180,764, following a government review, making it the country with the worst death rate per capita, according to Johns Hopkins University data.

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