Six people have died in the last 24 hours in Venezuela from causes related to the SARS-COV-2 virus, which causes covid-19, as the total number of deaths from this disease in the Caribbean country amounted to 960, reported this Monday the Minister of Information, Freddy Ñáñez.
“Unfortunately, 6 new failures are reported“, the official said on Twitter to offer the daily part of the development of the pandemic in the South American nation.
The deaths include a 41-year-old man from Trujillo, a 51-year-old man from Táchira and a 66-year-old man from Mérida, all in the west of the country.
Also, Ñáñez announces the death by covid-19 of a man of 84 years of Yaracuy (northwest), another 50 years of the state of Zulia (west), that limits with Colombia, and a last one of 74 years of the Lara region (northwest).
He also reported that the Caribbean country added 339 new cases on Mondays, bringing the total number of infections to 108,125.
According to the minister, 311 of these new infections are “EU”, while 28 are “imported”, as the Venezuelan government calls migrants returning to the country due to the crisis that caused the pandemic in the Latin American region.
The state of Yaracuy was the region that most new cases reported on this Monday, with 76, followed by Carabobo and Zulia, with 74 and 63, respectively.
The imported cases, meanwhile, come from the Dominican Republic (10), Mexico (8), Turkey (6) and Panama (4), the minister said.
On Sunday, President Nicolás Maduro noted that numerous cases of international travelers were detected, as he had authorized flights to Panama, Turkey, Bolivia, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Iran and Russia.
Following his statement, the National Institute of Civil Aeronautics (INAC) issued a statement in which it maintains authorization for international flights only to Turkey, Bolivia and Mexico.
The report of the Venezuelan Information Minister also adds “103,037 have been recovered” from those infected, “representing 95%”, while only “4,128 cases” remain as assets.
Of these, “3,740 are being cared for in the public health system, 26 in private clinics and 362 (are) in home isolation.”