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Ecuador’s main coronavirus death toll is 403, however new figures from one province suggest thousands have died.
The federal government stated 6,700 individuals died in Guayas province in the first 2 weeks of April, even more than the normal 1,000 deaths there in the same duration.
Guayas is home to Guayaquil – the nation’s biggest city and the part of the country worst-hit by Covid-19
Video acquired by the BBC showed locals required to save bodies in their homes for approximately 5 days.
They stated authorities had been unable to keep up with the substantial rise in deaths, leaving remains covered in sheets in household homes and even in the streets.
Authorities last week started dispersing countless cardboard caskets in Guayaquil. A dedicat