A new record of new coronavirus cases was announced in Bolivia on Wednesday, as the highly contagious Omicron variant is spreading to other countries in the region, but it has not been confirmed to date that it is present in the Andean country.
Bolivians are facing “the worst epidemic storm we have experienced since the beginning of the pandemic,” said Carlos Hurtado, a health official in the province of Santa Cruz, which is the most populous and the worst hit.
The Ministry of Health announced that 4,934 cases of SARS-CoV-2 were recorded in 24 hours in the middle of the fourth wave. The previous record (3,179 infections) was announced on May 25, during the third wave.
The epidemiological situation is deteriorating in neighboring Argentina, which also recorded a record number of infections yesterday.
About 70% of Bolivians have been vaccinated against COVID-19. Latin America now has the highest vaccination rate of any region in the world, which is probably due to the fact that several countries in the region have been hit hard by the pandemic.
Since its outbreak in Bolivia, authorities have recorded some 19,600 deaths due to complications of COVID-19 out of a total of more than 580,000 SARS-CoV-2 cases.
SOURCE: AMPE
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