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Peru exceeds 20,000 deaths from Covid-19 with almost 440,000 infections
08/05/2020 03:27
Lima, Aug 4 (EFE) .- Peru surpassed this Tuesday the 20,000 deaths from Covid-19, with almost 440,000 cases of infection and more than 22,000 tests carried out to rule out the disease in the last hours.
The Health Ministry reported that 22,327 people were tested on Monday, of whom 3,797 were positive, and that an additional 2,993 positives have been confirmed in the last seven days.
With which in the daily report 6,790 positive cases were added to Covid-19 in the Peruvian territory.
So far in the pandemic, Peru, which has become the third country in Latin America and seventh in the world with the most infections, has carried out 2,440,184 discard tests, including serological and molecular, and 439,890 were positive.
The ministry said 13,798 patients are hospitalized, 26 more than on Monday, of which 1,418 are in Intensive Care Units with mechanical ventilation.
MORE THAN 300,000 HIGH MEDICAL
Likewise, 4,366 patients who tested positive for the coronavirus have been discharged in the last hours, after complying with the health treatment or isolation at home, with which there are 302,457 recovered patients.
In almost five months after the arrival of the pandemic in Peru, a total of 20,007 people have died with a confirmed diagnosis of the disease, with 196 deaths since the day before.
The Minister of Health, Pilar Mazzetti, said Monday in her presentation to Congress that "the numbers will continue to rise. Our figures are very difficult, all of them. Not only the figures of the deceased, the figures of the positive are also extremely complex. "
"There is a very important gap and in relation to that gap we have to act," she said, referring to the death report of the National Death Information System (Sinadef), which, at least, doubles the official figure of the ministry.
ATTENTION IN AYACUCHO
The Ayacucho region of Surandina was the focus of attention for the Ombudsman's Office on Tuesday, since its regional hospital is not making efficient use of all the oxygen points that this establishment has, despite the fact that this supply is the most needed for patients affected by Covid-19.
The head of the Office of the Ombudsman in Ayacucho, David Pacheco-Villar, warned that the staff of the obstetrics area uses one of the rooms for patients, who have at least two oxygen points, for their rest.
Likewise, the ombudsman pointed out that three oxygen points are also wasted in a neonatal intensive care room and that a single nurse is in charge of taking care of eleven newborns, some of whom are infected with Covid-19.
In this region, the Ministry of Health, through the National Health Investment Program (Pronis), has begun the construction of two temporary care modules with 50 beds in each at the Miguel ?ngel Mariscal Llerena Contingency Hospital.
CATHOLIC CHURCH COMBATS HUNGER
The campaign "For a Peru without hunger", organized by the Peruvian Episcopal Conference and the Fundaci?n Telet?n San Juan de Dios, managed to collect 698,669 soles ($ 205,000) to ensure the operation of 100 parish dining rooms, which offer daily lunch to 10,000 people affected by the pandemic.
The ecclesiastical jurisdictions of Lima, Callao, Chosica, Carabayllo, Lur?n, Trujillo, Iquitos, Ja?n, Huancayo and Hu?nuco have three dining rooms each, while 36 other jurisdictions in the country manage two solidarity dining rooms. EFE
Peru exceeds 20,000 deaths from Covid-19 with almost 440,000 infections
08/05/2020 03:27
Lima, Aug 4 (EFE) .- Peru surpassed this Tuesday the 20,000 deaths from Covid-19, with almost 440,000 cases of infection and more than 22,000 tests carried out to rule out the disease in the last hours.
The Health Ministry reported that 22,327 people were tested on Monday, of whom 3,797 were positive, and that an additional 2,993 positives have been confirmed in the last seven days.
With which in the daily report 6,790 positive cases were added to Covid-19 in the Peruvian territory.
So far in the pandemic, Peru, which has become the third country in Latin America and seventh in the world with the most infections, has carried out 2,440,184 discard tests, including serological and molecular, and 439,890 were positive.
The ministry said 13,798 patients are hospitalized, 26 more than on Monday, of which 1,418 are in Intensive Care Units with mechanical ventilation.
MORE THAN 300,000 HIGH MEDICAL
Likewise, 4,366 patients who tested positive for the coronavirus have been discharged in the last hours, after complying with the health treatment or isolation at home, with which there are 302,457 recovered patients.
In almost five months after the arrival of the pandemic in Peru, a total of 20,007 people have died with a confirmed diagnosis of the disease, with 196 deaths since the day before.
The Minister of Health, Pilar Mazzetti, said Monday in her presentation to Congress that "the numbers will continue to rise. Our figures are very difficult, all of them. Not only the figures of the deceased, the figures of the positive are also extremely complex. "
"There is a very important gap and in relation to that gap we have to act," she said, referring to the death report of the National Death Information System (Sinadef), which, at least, doubles the official figure of the ministry.
ATTENTION IN AYACUCHO
The Ayacucho region of Surandina was the focus of attention for the Ombudsman's Office on Tuesday, since its regional hospital is not making efficient use of all the oxygen points that this establishment has, despite the fact that this supply is the most needed for patients affected by Covid-19.
The head of the Office of the Ombudsman in Ayacucho, David Pacheco-Villar, warned that the staff of the obstetrics area uses one of the rooms for patients, who have at least two oxygen points, for their rest.
Likewise, the ombudsman pointed out that three oxygen points are also wasted in a neonatal intensive care room and that a single nurse is in charge of taking care of eleven newborns, some of whom are infected with Covid-19.
In this region, the Ministry of Health, through the National Health Investment Program (Pronis), has begun the construction of two temporary care modules with 50 beds in each at the Miguel ?ngel Mariscal Llerena Contingency Hospital.
CATHOLIC CHURCH COMBATS HUNGER
The campaign "For a Peru without hunger", organized by the Peruvian Episcopal Conference and the Fundaci?n Telet?n San Juan de Dios, managed to collect 698,669 soles ($ 205,000) to ensure the operation of 100 parish dining rooms, which offer daily lunch to 10,000 people affected by the pandemic.
The ecclesiastical jurisdictions of Lima, Callao, Chosica, Carabayllo, Lur?n, Trujillo, Iquitos, Ja?n, Huancayo and Hu?nuco have three dining rooms each, while 36 other jurisdictions in the country manage two solidarity dining rooms. EFE
