Jewish Agency releases figures for Covid-19 deaths around the world
According to the organisation there has been 2,200 fatalities due to the virus - excluding those from the US, Israel, and former USSR
Jewish deaths around the world from the coronavirus — excluding the United States, Israel and the countries of the former Soviet Union as well as Israel — total about 2,200, the Jewish Agency said Wednesday.
The group, which works to bolster Israel-Diaspora relations, released these numbers on a Zoom call that included the leaders of several Diaspora Jewish communities that are suffering financially from the current crisis: 33 Jewish deaths from countries in the Middle East, 40 from Chile, 50 from Mexico, 70 from Argentina and 100 from Brazil.
Jewish Agency Chairman Isaac Herzog said his organisation was not able to confirm figures for the United States and the FSU.
Herzog added that some Diaspora Jewish communities have entered into “literal paralysis” due to the coronavirus crisis. Some cannot provide basic communal services, welfare services or Jewish educational activities, he said.
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