China News Service, July 19. According to Peru’s “Communiqué” on the 18th, Peru has added 1,629 new confirmed cases of new crowns, with a total of more than 2.093 million confirmed cases.
At present, the main mutated new coronavirus virus circulating in Peru is the lambda mutated strain.
Data map: In Arequipa, Peru's second largest city, family members of patients with new coronary pneumonia lined up to charge medical oxygen cylinders.
According to reports, Peru’s Minister of Health, Oscar Ugarte, announced that 15 cases of the delta variant of the new crown virus have been confirmed, and released a copy of the existing new crown changes in Peru drawn by the Peruvian National Institute of Health (INS). Body "map".
INS analyzed 2579 samples collected from patients with COVID-19 from January to June this year and found that the main COVID-19 variant in Peru was the lambda variant, with 1813 cases, accounting for 70.30%.
Next is the gamma variant, with 467 cases, accounting for 18.11%; the alpha variant has 17 cases, accounting for 0.66%; there are about 10% of other variants.
INS infection scientist Riley Solari explained that currently in Peru, the lambda variant is the most transmissible, and the delta variant is the "most terrifying", spreading faster and more deadly.
According to reports, the Ministry of Health organized the second "vaccine marathon" in Lima and Callao over the weekend.
According to data, Peru has successfully vaccinated more than 3.9 million people aged 45 and over in the country with two doses of the new crown vaccine, which is 12% of the national population. Peru's vaccination rate ranks fifth in South America, surpassing Argentina. (11.88%).
Ugart announced that it will organize the third "vaccine marathon" next weekend to vaccinate people between 40 and 44 years old in Lima and Callao.