Peru: New case record, the Minister of Economy caught a coronavirus

The number of cases recorded a new record coronavirus yesterday (11.01) in Peru, with 24,288 infections, with the Minister of Economy Pedro Franke being positive.

The previous record was set on Sunday and was 17,128 infections in one day, according to official data. The number of laboratory-confirmed cases in the country in the last 22 months, after the outbreak of the pandemic, reached 2,412,577.

The Ministry of Health announced yesterday that the previous 24 hours another 60 patients succumbeddue to complications of COVID-19, compared to 30 the previous year, with the number of pandemic victims reaching the 203,157 dead as of March 2020 reports APE-MPE, citing AFP.

82% of infections in the Lima metropolis are due to Omicron mutation, clarified the same source.

Andean country with 33 million inhabitants has the highest COVID-19 mortality rate in the world, 6,122 deaths per million citizens, according to French Agency estimates based on official data.

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