Minsa reports 18 deaths and 8687 new infections of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours nndc | PERU

Updated on 01/05/2022 11:35 pm

The Ministry of Health (Minsa) reported that today, wednesday, january 5, a total of 202,904 people died from COVID-19. With this number, the death toll from the deadly virus in Peru rose by 18. In addition, it reported that infections increased by 8,687 (4,877 in the last 24 hours), so that the total number of infected people reaches 2,318,543.

The Minsa also reported that there is a total of 3796 hospitalized patients, of which 910 are on mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit (ICU).

UPDATE | This is the situation of the #COVID19 in Peru until 10:00 p.m. on January 4, 2022. #Let’s not lower the guard

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– Ministry of Health (@Minsa_Peru) January 6, 2022

Vaccines in Peru

To date, Peru has received more than 25 million vaccines from Sinopharm, more than 32 million from Pfizer, and more than 4 million from AstraZeneca. All these are applied according to the programming by age groups established by the Government following vaccinating with priority health personnel, older adults and members of the National Police, Armed Forces and Firefighters.

Immunization in Peru began in February, following the arrival of the first batch of vaccines from China (Sinopharm). To date, vaccination continues throughout the country. In Lima, Callao and regions, people aged 12 years and over are immunized.

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This provision is part of the prevention actions in the event of a possible third wave of COVID-19, in order to promote a timely diagnosis for the population.

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