The Ministry of Health issued an epidemiological alert due to the “sustained increase” in cases of COVID-19. As they explained, the introduction to the country of the new lineages of the omicron variant BA.4 and BA.5 would be generating an increase in cases due to the increase of viral transmission “with a decreased number of hospitalized and deceased.
“Since epidemiological week 14-2022, the increase in cases due to COVID-19 In districts of Metropolitan Lima and in the last four epidemiological weeks, there has been an increase in the percentage of isolation of the BA.4 and BA.5 lineages, especially the latter, and coincidentally, the number of cases tends to increase rapidly,” they indicated.
Through a statement, they specified that at the national level there is a sustained increase in confirmed cases of the COVID-19 from 1813 to 11,177 in the last epidemiological weeks focused on Metropolitan Lima. Similarly, from epidemiological week 19 the increase was registered in the regions of Ancash, Arequipa, Callao, Cusco, Junín and La Libertad and from week 21 in the regions of Ica, Lambayeque, Lima, Moquegua, Pasco, Piura and Tacna.
In that sense, the Sometimes alerted public and private health facilities in the country regarding the increase in cases from COVID-19 and the identification of sublineages BA.4 and BA.5 of the
omicron variant in Peru in order to strengthen the national epidemiological surveillance system for the detection and investigation of cases.
“The recommendations will govern and will be updated according to the evolution of the acute phase of the current pandemic wave. Sometimes urges the population to continue complying with prevention measures such as the use of the mask, hand washing, social distancing and ventilated environments, in addition to completing their vaccination “, they pointed out.
EsSalud warns of an increase in the positivity rate
A recent report from the Intelligence and Data Analysis Unit (UIAD) of EsSalud warned that in the last epidemiological week (June 12-18) 10,826 new cases of COVID-19, figure higher than that reported in the previous week which had 7457 infected.
The positivity rate increased for eight consecutive weeks, going from 0.8% (April fortnight) to 4.1% in the last week, reported Raymundo Pillaca, spokesman for It’s Healthwho noted that so far this year almost one million 200 thousand new infected have been registered.
He specified that in the last epidemiological week the cases increased in 36 districts of Lima and Callao. Among the districts that registered the most infected are Santiago de Surco (930 new infections), Miraflores (608), La Molina (428), San Borja (480), Jesús María (445), Magdalena del Mar (264), Surquillo (274). ) and San Juan de Lurigancho (114).
He also said that in 12 regions There was an increase in confirmed cases of coronaviruswith Lima and Arequipa being the regions that report the greatest increase with 4,882 and 750 infections, respectively.
Áncash, Cusco, Junín, Moquegua, Piura, Tacna, Ica, Cajamarca, Lambayeque and Pasco are other regions of the regions that report an increase in SARS-CoV-2.
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