Health Minister Hernando Cevallos on Tuesday evening confirmed that
Peru is already facing a third wave of COVID-19, adding that the
Omicron variant has become the predominant one in Metropolitan Lima accounting for more than 53% of cases.
During a press conference, the high-ranking official reported that the evaluation of cases in recent epidemiological weeks proves that coronavirus cases increased by more than 50% at the national level.
Only in the last week of 2021 there was a growth from 11,766 to 14,688.
Deaths
After verifying the data with the registry of vaccinated citizens, it was found that more than 90% of people deceased in the second half of 2021 had not been vaccinated against COVID-19.
Regions and districts
According to the latest genomic surveillance report, the Omicron variant has already become predominant in Metropolitan Lima accounting for more than 53% of cases.
In Metropolitan Lima, the districts on red alert (with an increase in cases above 30%) are: Lima, Santiago de Surco, Magdalena del Mar, Miraflores, Jesus Maria, San Borja, San Martin de Porres, San Isidro, La Molina, and San Juan de Lurigancho.
"This is the beginning of a significant increase, but it will surely spread to several populated areas where there is a higher percentage of unvaccinated people," he forecast.
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Published: 1/4/2022