Corpses on the streets of Guayaquil , after the collapse of the Ecuadorian health system EFE/Diario de Yucatan , 1 Abril 2020 Data suggest that the number of death due to COVID-19 may be much higher than that officially reported – 10,939 people have died in six weeks since the start of March in the Guayas province , compared to a normal figure of 3,000 for the region.
Ecuador reported more than 5,999 COVID-19 deaths during the first two weeks of April 2020 .