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683,606,007
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637,585,047
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6,828,927
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Updated on March 29, 2023 8:44 pm

Global Statistics

All countries
683,606,007
Confirmed
Updated on March 29, 2023 8:44 pm
All countries
637,585,047
Recovered
Updated on March 29, 2023 8:44 pm
All countries
6,828,927
Deaths
Updated on March 29, 2023 8:44 pm

Nicaragua finds boat with bodies of six migrants in Caribbean

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaraguan authorities said Tuesday the bodies of six people, apparently migrants, have been found in a small boat drifting off the Caribbean coast.

The Interior Ministry said a Republic of Guinea passport belonging to a 31-year-old man was found on one of the bodies. The passport had no Nicaraguan entry stamp in it.

The boat was found drifting about a mile (1 1/2 kilometers) out to sea Monday near Cayo Las Palomas.

The corpses were all too badly decomposed for immediate identification. The ministry said an initial examination indicates all those aboard apparently died of dehydration or heatstroke, and that they probably died about a month ago.

Migrants seeking to reach the United States have been trapped at Nicaragua’s southern border with Costa Rica, because the Nicaraguan government won’t allow them to cross Nicaragua. That led some to choose more dangerous water routes.

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