Coronavirus Continues To Overwhelm Guayaquil

GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR - APRIL 08: A woman uses a double mask to avoid the intense smell produced by the decomposition of the corpses outside the Jardines de la Esperanza cemetery on April 8, 2020 in Guayaquil, Ecuador. According to official information provided by WHO, Ecuador has over 4,000 confirmed cases and 242 deaths of COVID-19, making it one of the worst-hit countries per capita in the region. Local authorities said that figures are likely to be much higher as most people are not being tested or diagnosed. Dead bodies remain the streets as morgues and hospitals are overcrowded. The port city of Guayaquil and its surroundings, with 4 million inhabitants, has two thirds of the cases of COVID-19 of the country. (Photo by Eduardo Maquilón/Getty Images )