The biggest drivers of the case counts are United States and Brazil: Carissa Etienne (Representational)

BRASILIA:

Coronavirus cases in the Americas have reached almost 11.5 million and over 4,00,000 people have died as a result of the pandemic, the World Health Organization regional director Carissa Etienne said on Tuesday.

Speaking in a virtual briefing from Washington with other Pan American Health Organization directors, Ms Etienne said the region continues to carry the highest burden of the disease, with 64% of officially reported global deaths despite having 13% of the world’s population.

The biggest drivers of the case counts are the United States and Brazil, she said.

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