COVID-19 mortality in Peruvian older adults: a chronicle of a health crisis foretold?

Abstract

In December 2019, the first cases of COVID-19 were reported in Wuhan, China and it rapidly spread around the world to more than 188 countries. Among these, Latin American countries such as Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Mexico and Argentina are part of the ten countries with more COVID-19 confirmed cases, placing Peru in the first place with the highest number of deaths registered per 100 000 inhabitants due to this disease (1).