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Ministry of Health care reported 2,166 new positive cases of novel coronavirus in the country; while 7 patients died from the virus.
The organization said that until 10 p.m. Dec. 9, samples had been processed for 36,834,059 people for COVID-19having received 4 million 354 251 confirmed positive cases and 32 million 479 808 negative cases.
Minsa reports that to date, 728 patients have been hospitalized for COVID-19of which 130 ICU with mechanical ventilation.
To date COVID-19 It caused the death of 217,636 citizens of the country, in addition, about 4,177,790 people completed the period of home isolation or were discharged from medical institutions.
Fifth wave in the country
The flow of calls to line 113 of the Ministry of Health increased after the confirmation of the fifth wave of COVID-19. From 90 daily calls, this figure rose to 1,125 in Lima and Callao alone.
The sector statement indicated that more than 18,000 Option 2 (COVID-19) calls have been recorded in recent weeks; and over 430,426 orientations have been granted so far in 2022.
Telehealth, Reference and Emergency (Digtel) CEO Minsa Guillermo Huatuco Collantes recalled that the platform has served over 3,000,000 users since the coronavirus health emergency was declared.
Increasing incidence in the regions
The fifth wave of the new coronavirus causes an increase in the incidence in metropolitan Lima. It was that Dr. Edwin Neciosup, an epidemiologist from healthwho warned that in several areas there were almost two thousand cases a day.
“In the case of metropolitan Lima, the areas with the highest levels of COVID-19 infections are Cercado de Lima, San Juan de Lurigancho, Comas, Ate, Chorrillos and Independencia, some of which exceeded 2,000 cases in the last week when the month ago, less than 100 cases were reported weekly in these districts,” he commented in Agencia Andina.
The number of cases of infection with the novel coronavirus has risen to nearly 40,000 cases nationwide, of which more than 70% are in the Lima region.
Similarly, the representative of EsSalud explained that this increase, considered very high, has a high prevalence in 6 regions of the country: Ucayali (+588%), Apurimak (+326.5%), Takna (+179.2%), Ancash ( +112.1%). %), Callao (+156.2%) and Lima, the latter with 28,473 new cases.
Ministry of Health (Minsa) confirmed earlier this month that the country is in its fifth wave of infections COVID-19given the increase in incidence in different regions. During the next two epidemiological weeks, it will be assessed whether the infection curve will continue at an upward level and that, if so, the use of masks in open areas will become mandatory again.
(According to Andina and RPP)
Source: RPP
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