In the last 24 hours, two more people died from covid-19 in Venezuela, bringing the total number of deaths since the start of the pandemic to 5,333, Delcy Rodríguez reported this Sunday.
“We regret to report that, this Sunday, two Venezuelans died of the coronavirus in Caracas: a 70-year-old woman and a 73-year-old man,” Rodríguez wrote on Twitter.
He explained that the authorities detected, in the last 24 hours, 144 new infections, 134 cases of community transmission and 10 “imported.”
The state of Táchira, bordering Colombia, is the region with the most new cases, 24, all of them located in the capital, San Cristóbal.
Behind is Trujillo (20), which precedes Lara (18), Yaracuy (18), Delta Amacuro (15), Anzoátegui (9), Bolívar (7), Aragua (7), Caracas (4), Portuguesa ( 3), Zulia (3), Miranda (2), Falcón (2), Amazonas (1) and Guárico (1).
The 10 “imported” cases are passengers from Spain (6), Portugal (2) and Argentina (2).
In this way, Venezuela reaches 444,972 cases of covid-19 confirmed by the authorities since the beginning of the pandemic, although 434,897 patients have already recovered (97% of the total), with which there are 4,742 active cases.
Shortly before Rodríguez’s message, Nicolas Maduro reported that this Monday they will begin to inoculate the population with booster doses once morest covid-19, following announcing that 91% of citizens have already received the vaccine, although it did not clarify whether they have received the two doses necessary for complete immunization or only a.
“Tomorrow we start the booster vaccination, everyone pending, we start the day, we have booster vaccines throughout the year 2022,” he said in an audio message broadcast on his social networks.
All and All Pending! Monday #3Ene, begins the day of booster vaccination once morest Covid-19. We have already reached 91% vaccinated! Let’s continue taking care of ourselves, everyone’s conscience has given us good results. Happy New Year, Venezuela! A big hug! pic.twitter.com/juexoZMSMZ
– Nicolás Maduro (@NicolasMaduro) January 3, 2022
