Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Honduras touched 160,000 covid-19 infections this Saturday, while deaths from that disease have already reached 3,857 in 11 months of the pandemic, according to the National Risk Management System (Sinager) daily record.
The agency said in a statement that of 2,327 new lab tests, 764 were positive, bringing the number dThe number of infections rose to 159,788.
Nine deaths in the past few hours make up a total of 3,857 since the pandemic occurred Central American country, in March 2020.
The official report adds that 998 Hondurans have been hospitalized for contracting the disease, of which 599 a stable clinical picture, 345 are seriously ill and 54 remain in intensive care.
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In addition, according to the health entity, 17 new patients have recovered, leaving 63,170 cured patients.
The departments of Cortés, in the north of the country, and Francisco Morazán, in the center, where The Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa is located, they are still the main epicenters of the pandemic, which saw a high incidence of infections and deaths in January and February.
Medical sources at the forefront of the fight against the pandemic assure that the Sinager numbers fall short and the death toll could reach 10,000, a view that coincides with that of the directors of the Funeral Association of Honduras.
Given the high incidence of infections and deaths from Covid-19 so far this year, the College of Microbiologists of Honduras He today recommended total detention to health authorities for two weekends.
“We have made a proposal that at least two weekends be closed throughout the country if you cannot leave by ID number,” said the spokeswoman for the microbiologists, Miriam Aguilera.
He added that immediate action must be taken and there are no meetings of any kind.
In addition, according to microbiologists, more budget must be available to deal with the pandemic and to open more care centers, because the positivity of infections and deaths is high.