Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
The death toll in Honduras from covid-19 rose to 3,486 on Tuesday and to 142,880 infections, according to the state’s daily report. National Risk Management System (Sinager).
The high incidence of deaths and infections continues to rise in the Central American country, which today recorded 24 new deaths, the Sinager said in a statement.
In addition, of 3,125 PCR tests processed by the National Virology Laboratory, 896 tested positive for the deadly disease.
The health agency added to its records 1,161 hospitalized Hondurans who have contracted covid-19, of which 757 have a stable clinical picture, 360 are serious and 44 in intensive care units.
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According to the official report, 120 new patients have recovered, with a total of 60,597.
The covid-19 pandemic began to spread in March 2019, when the first infections were confirmed, closing this month with at least ten people dead.
Given the high incidence of the pandemic between December and January, the Multisectoral Table on the deadly disease does not rule out tightening the measures of movement of people again, said today the general coordinator of the Government Cabinet, Carlos Madero .
The Multisectoral Board, according to the senior official, is discussing how to strike a balance between the country’s weak economy and the pandemic, which has led to the ruin of many micro, small and medium enterprises.
Madero stressed that the pandemic continues to leave more deaths and daily infections, and that if the population does not strictly comply with the recommended health measures, the movement of people would be reduced again, which would aggravate the situation. of the productive forces of country.
Doctors who are at the forefront of the pandemic in public hospitals, as well as authorities from the Ministry of Health, have been warning in recent days that hospitals can collapse with so many cases of the deadly disease that s ‘are registering.
According to official sources, the first doses of covid-19 vaccine, which would be for all health personnel at the head of the pandemic, would be arriving in March, through the COVAX mechanism, which promotes the World Organization. of Health (WHO).