Prognosis
Ecuador Test Results Are In and Confirmed Cases Have Doubled
- Updated COVID-19 Confirmed Cases Jump to Second in Region
- Careful opening of the economy to start on Monday, May 4
Relatives of a person who died from the new coronavirus carry the wrapped coffin to a cemetery in Guayaquil, Ecuador on April 17.
Photographer: Jose Sanchez Lindao/AFP via Getty Images
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An increased capacity to process coronavirus tests caused the number of confirmed cases in Ecuador to more than double in a day to 22,719, second only to Brazil in Latin America.
“It’s not a rebound, it’s the presentation of delayed results” that reflects greater capacity to carry out testing in more labs, Interior Minister Maria Paula Romo said during a presentation of the data. “That’s good news.”