The COVID-19 death toll in Latin America has surpassed 2 lakh, with Brazil and Mexico together reporting 70 per cent of the casualties, reported Reuters. On Saturday, Mexico reported 784 more COVID-19 deaths, taking the total toll to 47,472. The novel coronavirus has infected as many as 4,34,193 people in the country.

The death toll in Brazil increased by 1,088 to 93,563 on Saturday, and cases jumped to 2,707,877 with over 45,300 new infections, according to the health ministry.