Latest COVID-19 developments in Latin America

Brazil registered a record of 10,222 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus on Friday and 751 deaths, taking country's total cases to 145,328 and fatalities to 9,897.

Mexico on Friday reported 1,906 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections and 199 additional fatalities, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 31,522 and 3,160 deaths. But, the government warned that actual numbers of both infections and deaths were higher than official numbers.

Colombia's president has announced the country will continue lockdown measures until May 25 after over 10,000 cases and 428 deaths were recorded.

Peru has also decided to extend its nation emergency situation from May 10 till 24. Peru has already started reopening in some sectors including architecture, tourism and mining since this month. There are currently over 61,000 confirmed cases and 1,700 deaths in Peru.

Argentina extended a quarantine for its capital Buenos Aires until May 24 but relaxed the restriction aimed at slowing the spread of the new coronavirus elsewhere in the country, the country's president announced on Friday. The lockdown, which was due to expire on Sunday, will remain in place in the capital and its outskirts. As of Friday, Argentina had registered 5,611 confirmed cases of the virus and 293 deaths.