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He Ministry of Health (Minsa) reported this Thursday that the death toll from coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. It is about 200 new deaths compared to 26,834 on Wednesday. In addition, the entity specified that the number of infections rose to 567,059.
On August 13, the Minsa presented the second analysis of the numbers of deaths that occurred in recent months in the country and indicated that they found 3,658 new deaths due to COVID-19 which were added to the official count. Luis Suárez, deputy minister of Public Health, indicated that the data review was made until July 17. The first report covered the March-June period.
The first deceased by coronavirus in Peru it was reported on Thursday, March 19. It was a 78-year-old man suffering from high blood pressure and had been admitted to the Air Force Hospital with severe respiratory failure.
The Government decided to extend the state of emergency until August 31 in order to contain the advance of infections of coronavirus in the country. In addition, it expanded the targeted quarantine until the same date, but with modifications in relation to the one established during July.
The strict quarantine is maintained in six regions of the country: Arequipa, Ica, Junín, Huánuco, San Martín and Madre de Dios; and also in 36 provinces of another 13 departments.
They are the provinces of Pasco (Pasco); Huamanga and Huanta in Ayacucho; Santa, Casma and Huaraz in Áncash; Mariscal Nieto and Ilo in Moquegua; Tacna (Tacna); Cusco, La Convencion, Anta, Canchis, Espinar and Quispicanchis in Cusco.
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Also Puno and San Román located in the Puno region; Cajamarca, Jaén and San Ignacio in Cajamarca; Bagua, Condorcanqui and Utcubamba in Amazonas; Abancay and Andahuaylas in Apurímac; Barranca, Huaura, Cañete and Huaral in Lima; Virú, Pacasmayo, Chepén and Ascope in La Libertad; Huancavelica, Angaraes and Tayacaja in Huancavelica.
It should be noted that the time established for the call from 10:00 pm to 4:00 am in Lima and other cities is in almost the entire country, except for the aforementioned areas, in which it will govern from 8:00 pm until 4:00 am
