Tag: infection rate

• Friday, May 15th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Chile digging thousands of fresh graves amid a spike in Covid-19 cases

  

  Thousands of fresh graves are being dug in Santiago's main cemetery amid a spike in Chile's COVID-19 cases, authorities said on Thursday. Chile's infection rate soared this week, prompting the government to declare a mandatory lockdown of Santiago's seven million people from Friday.