Bodies of COVID-19 victims lie in the streets of Ecuador as death toll across Latin America passes 15,000 (Photos)

Back in April, a body was seen laying oustide a clinic for three days in Guayaquil, Ecuador, while another was pictured outside Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Hospital.



Ecuador has more than 31,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus, including 1,569 deaths. The toll across Latin America and the Caribbean passed 15,000 on Wednesday, with more than 280,000 cases reported.

Experts believe that the pandemic will peak in Latin America in the coming days.

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