San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
The substitute deputy for the National Party in the department of Copán, Rafael Ramiro Arita Rodríguez, died early Sunday morning in a private clinic in San Pedro Sula.
It was on June 18 that local media in Copán reported that the parliamentarian had been diagnosed with COVID-19, although neither he nor his family affirmed it publicly.
On June 15, the deputy parliamentarian left this message to a group of journalists in the area: “My friends, I regret to inform you that tomorrow the activity will not be possible, since I am in poor health, we leave it for next week, I hope you will understand , greetings blessings”.
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Olga Ayala, deputy head of the National Party for Copán, said to THE PRESS that “Rafael Arita was hospitalized for a few days in San Pedro Sula and it was this Sunday at 1:00 am that they informed me of his unfortunate death. Rafael was my substitute deputy, I am very surprised, he was a running mate.”
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Ayala did not confirm that Arita has died of COVID-19, “he already had a bronchial infection, suddenly a few days ago he became in poor health, he was admitted to intensive care and gave him cardiac arrest this Sunday,” added the legislator.
It was also learned that as a result of his delicate health, he requested to be transferred to a hospital in the United States to be treated and recover, but it was impossible due to the saturation of healthcare centers in that country in the face of massive cases of coronavirus. that there is to date.
According to what was known, Rafael Arita, who was also a lawyer, lived on a hacienda located in the village of Peña Blanca, Santa Cruz de Yojoa, and a few years ago was administrator of the El Cajon hydroelectric project.
Data
According to the Copán Health region, as of June 27 there is an accumulated record of 77 positive cases of coronavirus and three deaths. The authorities add three cases that were captured in Copán, but that really are from other departments such as Santa Bárbara and Lempira, thus reaching 80 positives.
Meanwhile, the statistics that Sinager reports globally on the department of Copán are: 86 cases in total, nine recovered and two deceased.
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