Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Honduras This Saturday, 577 new cases of covid-19 and 20 deaths were added, the state’s National Risk Management System (Sinager), which warned of the rise in infections from the disease.
Since the health emergency was declared in March 2020, the Central American country has registered 200,259 positive coronavirus cases SARS-CoV-2 and acumula 4,954 deaths from the virus, the Sinager reported in his daily newspaper.
The National Virology Laboratory has used 2,933 PCR tests in recent hours, 577 of which were positive results, he added.
The hospitalized number 1163, with 598 in stable condition, 501 severe and 61 in intensive care units (ICU), the health agency said.
Regarding those who have recovered, no case has been reported today, so the number of people saved from death from the disease remains at 76,235, which started expanding over a year ago in Honduras, a country of 9, 3 million inhabitants, of which more than 60% are poor.
The departments by Francisco Morazán, in the center, where Tegucigalpa, the capital, is, and Cortés, in the north of the country, are still the most affected by the pandemic.
The Honduran agency warned again today of the increase in covid-19 cases, while authorities from several hospitals have announced they have no room for more patients.
So far, a total of 2,684 Hondurans have already received the second dose of Moderna vaccine, with a batch of 5,000 doses donated by Israel in February, while 48,000 people were vaccinated with the first dose of AstraZeneca, donated to the country under the mechanism . Covax promoting the World Health Organization (WHO).
Last Friday, the first batch of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine arrived in Honduras, with a load of 6,000 doses, as part of the contract the Honduran government signed with Russia for 4.2 million of the preparation.
The first two cases of coronavirus in Honduras were reported on March 11, two Honduran women entering the country from Spain and Switzerland.