Latin America: change in electricity demand due to COVID-19, by selected country

Electricity demand experienced an overall decrease in many countries in Central and South America as the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the region increased and different lockdown measures were enforced in an attempt to contain its spread. In Peru, electricity demand decreased by more than 26 percent in the four days following the establishment of quarantine measures in the country, while in Argentina, the average demand decreased by 23 percent in the last 10 days of March, when compared to the beginning of the same month.

在美洲中南部地区，随着该区域冠状病毒确诊病例数的持续攀升以及为遏制其蔓延而实施的各类封锁措施，许多国家的电力需求整体呈现下降趋势。在秘鲁，自该国实施隔离措施后的四天内，电力需求降幅超过26%；而在阿根廷，与3月初相比，3月最后10天的平均电力需求下降了23%。