[FoxNews] Dead drunk: Mayor lies in a coffin and pretends to be a coronavirus victim to avoid arrest after breaking curfew rules to go drinking in Peru Jaime Rolando Urbina Torres, mayor of a small town in southern Peru, accused of breaking coronavirus lockdown to go drinking with friends Drinkin can make folk stupid
When police turned up he jumped into a coffin and pretended to have died Officers were not fooled and charged him with breaking nationwide curfew Torres has been accused by locals of failing to take the virus seriously Here's how to help people impacted by Covid-19
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8343297/Peru-mayor-pretends-dead-police-arrest-breaking-lockdown.html
Jaime Rolando Urbina Torres, mayor of a small town in Peru, jumped into an open casket and pretended to be dead when police arrived to arrest him for breaking curfew
The Americas is now at the epicentre of the global coronavirus pandemic, with the region seeing coronavirus case totals and deaths rise faster than any other region.
The region currently has 2.1million cases of coronavirus, a higher total than previous epicentre Europe which has 1.9million.
Europe still has the most deaths of any region at more than 169,000, but deaths in the Americas are increasing at a faster rate.
Peru has recorded a total of 104,020 cases and 3,024 deaths, and is among the top four countries in terms of the rate at which deaths are increasing.
Brazil and Mexico, also in the Americas, are also on the list along with Russia.
In total, there are now more than 5million cases of coronavirus confirmed worldwide after the WHO reported the single-largest daily increase of the pandemic Wednesday at 106,000.