Peru coronavirus cases top 300,000, the fifth-highest in the world

Peru on Sunday jumped past 300,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, reaching 302,718 cases and becoming the fifth-highest in the world.

The South American copper producer, which locked down in March against the virus but struggled to enforce a nationwide quarantine in the face of rising economic hardship, trails only Brazil in the region in terms of case numbers.

Now the leading four countries of confirmed cases are the U.S., Brazil, Russia and India.

Peru's death toll from the virus now stands at 10,589, the 10th-highest in the world, according to Johns Hopkins University data.

(With input from Reuters)