Minsa reports 14 deaths and 8,132 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.

A total of 8132 new confirmed cases of the disease. new coronavirus were registered in the last 24 hours in the country. This is stated in the latest report of the Ministry of Health. In addition, 14 people who died from this disease died in the country in 2020.

Means’ situation room report also says that 40 hospital discharges of people who have overcome the disease have been recorded in the past few hours.

Number of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 grew to 1220 people in the country. Minsa He also added that since the start of the pandemic, Peru has processed samples for 32,622,505 tests applied, of which 3,816,804 were positive and 28,805,701 were negative.

Of the total number of confirmed cases, 3,725,519 people have completed their home isolation period or have been discharged from healthcare facilities.

First case of the Centaur variant

The head of Minsa, Jorge López, announced last Wednesday that his sector had detected the country’s first case of Covid-19 infection with the centauri variant. This was reported at a press conference of the Council of Ministers.

“We are to report that the first case of BA 2.7.5, a subtype of BA2 known as the centaur variant, has been found,” Lopez said. In this regard, he clarified that the patient does not have serious symptoms and there was no need for hospitalization. “We are continuing to benchmark the molecular studies that we have,” he added.

Regarding COVID-19 cases, Jorge Lopez noted that 57% of positive patients have the BA5 variant and 20% have BA4. However, he said that despite the increase, the figures are still lower compared to the third wave of the new coronavirus.

100 thousand people over 30 received the fourth dose

To date, about 100,000 people aged 30 have already received their fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine five months after receiving their third dose.

“We already have an average of 100,000 30-year-olds who have received their fourth dose of vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 and that was an important expectation for this age group,” said Minsa Director of Immunization Maria Elena Martinez Barrera.

Official Minsa He also announced that Peru continues to be the third country in South America with the highest number of vaccine doses administered. “This is thanks to the efforts of all medical staff who have stepped up vaccination through various strategies,” he said.