Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Honduras 577 new cases of covid-19 and 20 deaths were added on Saturday, the National Risk Management System (Sinager) reported, warning of an increase in the number of infections.
Since the declaration of a health emergency in March 2020, the Central American country has registered 200,259 positive cases of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and accumulate 4,954 deaths from the virus, Sinager reported in its daily bulletin.
The National Virology Laboratory has applied 2,933 PCR tests in the last hours, of which 577 are positive, he added.
The number of hospitalized 1,163, with 598 in stable condition, 501 serious and 61 in intensive care units (ICU), said the health agency.
As for the people recovered, no cases have been reported today, so the number of people rescued from the death of the disease remains at 76,235, which began to expand more than a year ago in Honduras, a the country. over 60% are poor.
DEPARTMENTS of Francisco Morazán, in the center, where Tegucigalpa, the capital, is located, and Cortés, in the north of the country, continues to be the most affected by the pandemic.
The Honduran body warned again today of the increase in the number of covid-19 cases, while the authorities of various hospitals announced that they did not have room for more patients.
So far, a total of 2,684 Hondurans have already received the second dose of Moderna vaccine, with a batch of 5,000 doses donated in February by Israel, while 48,000 people have been inoculated with the first dose of AstraZeneca, donated to the country under mechanism. Covax which promotes the World Health Organization (WHO).
This Friday, the first batch of Russian Sputnik V vaccine arrived in Honduras, with a load of 6,000 doses, as part of the contract that the Honduran government concluded with Russia for 4.2 million preparations.
The first two cases of coronavirus in Honduras were reported on March 11, two Honduran women who arrived in the country from Spain and Switzerland.