Table 1.
Guatemalan and Canadian COVID-19 data September 9, 2020.
| Data obtained from national reports | |
| Guatemala | Canada |
| 79,622 accumulated registered cases* | 134,294 accumulated registered cases** |
| 68,308 estimated cases that have recuperated* | 118, 000 that have recuperated*** |
| 2,897 cases that failed to register* | Not available |
| 472.3 cases per 100,000 inhabitants* | 357.27 cases per 100, 000 people** |
| 2,897 deaths | 9,223 deaths |
| 17.2 died per 100,000 inhabitants* | 24.47 per 100,000 inhabitants** |
| Life expectancy 2018, 74.06**** | Life expectancy 2018, 81.95**** |
| COVID-19 cases started slowly in March, grew in July, and continued to rise. | Cases started in March, with the first death March 9. Cases peaked by the beginning of May, and leveled off by the beginning of July, but a rise started in late September as schools began to open and people were becoming less vigilant. |
| Cases in the “Departmento” (province) of Totonicapan* | Cases in the province of Ontario |
| 874/100,000 people, 8th in place for number of cases, but 4th for number of deaths. | 301/100,000, while neighboring Quebec is at 757.15/100,000 people |
| Dependent on testing; it is not clear how well that is being done. | By September, testing was ramped up. |
Ministerio de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social (2020).
Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) (2020).
Corona Disease Canada (2020).
World Bank (2018).
*~Laura Gamez at Horizons states: “Totonicapan up to October was in red alert as one of the highest case counts in the country with a case fatality rate of 6.4, almost double the national rate. The Guatemalan national registry of persons has seen an increase of deaths across the country, though most are not categorized as COVID-19 because they did not get tested. Dr. Iris Champet in communication with Horizons has shared that in many cases, COVID testing is not available in the communities; likewise, many community members do not get tested since there is a stigma surrounding testing positive. Only cases that have extreme complications and which are referred to the hospital are reflected here”.