Table 5.

Comparison of deaths attributed to COVID-19 in a single day in some countries of the region and the world (chart updated in March 2021).

Country	Total number of COVID-19 officially reported deaths	COVID-19 mortality crude /rate	Maximum number of deaths per day	% increases in terms of excess mortality	Highest mortality rate/100.000 per day
Ecuador	17,965	101	1,120	408%	6.27
Bolivia	12,731	108	84	256%	0.71
Peru	58,261	175	740	178%	2.21
Brazil	381,687	179	4,249	86%	1.98
Colombia	69,596	136	429	83%	0.83
Chile	25,532	133	316	68%	1.64
Mexico	214,957	168	1,584	60%	1.24
Argentina	60,083	132	515	40%	1.13
USA	586,152	178	5,057	47%	1.54
India	195,123	14	2,624	–	0.18