The Ministry of Health announces 37 deaths and 4,313 new cases of COVID-19 during the past 24 hours | gear

The Ministry of Health Today, Friday, February 18 at 11:14 p.m., Mensa reported that a total of 37 people have died from COVID-19 in the country within the last 24 hours. With this number, the death toll from the deadly virus in Peru has risen to 209,110. In addition, 6,787 injuries were recorded in the past week (4,313 in the past 24 hours), bringing the total number of infected people to 3481,752.

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Mensa also reported that there are a total of 2,915 patients in hospital, of whom 1,181 are on mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit (ICU).

Vaccinations in Peru

To date, Peru has received more than 26 million vaccines from Sinopharm, more than 40 million vaccines from Pfizer, and more than 5 million vaccines from AstraZeneca. All of these are implemented as per the programs by age groups set by the government after giving priority to health workers, senior citizens, members of the national police, armed forces and firefighters.

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Immunization began in Peru in February, after the first batch of vaccines arrived from China (Sinopharm). To date, vaccination continues throughout the country.

In Lima, Callao and other regions children are vaccinated already from the age of 5 years.

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