This was reported by TASS with reference to the Ministry of Health of the South American country.
It is clarified that over the past day in the country were detected 5874 infected.
According to the agency, the number of deaths from the disease caused by the virus at the moment is 4099, almost 60 thousand patients recovered.
Earlier, Peruvian Justice Minister Fernando Castañeda said in an interview with ATV that the country's authorities decided to amnesty about 3 thousand prisoners because of the pandemic of the coronavirus infection COVID-19.