La Ceiba, Honduras
the doctor Carlos Lanza, head of Forensic Medicine of La Ceiba since 2009, died this Friday in a hospital in Lima, Cortés, from complications arising from covid-19, according to his colleagues.
Lance had more than two decades to work in the regional forensic Ceibeña, in addition evolved like director of health center of the Pizatti colony.
the recognized doctor he had two weeks of fighting the coronavirus. In the last few days his health had deteriorated and he had to be hospitalized.
The doctor had already given both doses of Astrazeneca’s coronavirus vaccine.
Honduras registered 36 new ones on Thursday killed by covid-19, With which the figure rose to 9,260 in 18 months of pandemic, reported the state National Risk Management System (Sinager).
The official report adds that to diagnose new cases of contagion with the deadly disease, the National Virology Laboratory processed 2,937 tests, of which 1,126 were positive.
The Central American country also registered 1,291 people today hospitalized due to covid-19, of which 692 present a stable condition, 516 are severe and 83 in intensive care units.
The Sinager did not give figures on newly recovered patients, so the number remains at 107,772.
Of Honduras’ 9.5 million inhabitants, 4.5 million have been vaccinated, most with the first dose, according to health authorities, who today announced the arrival of a new batch of Pfizer drugs, from the which the country has received more than 1.2 million, reported the coordinating Minister General of Government, Carlos Madero.