Latin America: ventilators in hospitals 2017-2019
coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the region as of May 19, 2020, where ventilators were needed in order to treat the most acute cases.
Among the Latin American countries analyzed in this graph, Brazil was the only nation that showed an increase in the number of ventilators in hospitals between 2017 and 2019, with a growth rate of 30 percent. However, this South American country was also the most affected by the new