Nicaragua accumulates 229 deaths from covid-19 and 18,385 confirmed cases since March 2020, when the virus was detected in the country, the Ministry of Health reported on Tuesday.
In the last 7 days, Nicaragua registered 75 new cases of covid-19 and one death from the disease, which brought the confirmed infections to 18,385 and the accumulated deaths to 229, according to the report from the health authorities.
According to the Ministry of Health, since October 2020 the pandemic has taken the life of one person every week, on a constant basis.
“This week there was a death attributable to covid-19 and there were other deaths in people who have been under follow-up, due to pulmonary thromboembolism, diabetes mellitus, acute myocardial infarction, hypertensive crisis and bacterial pneumonia,” according to the official report. without specifying the number of deaths.
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The Ministry of Health did not explain the relationship between those killed by covid-19 and those who died with chronic diseases in Nicaragua, a country of 6.6 million inhabitants.
The official data contrasts with that of the Covid-19 Citizen Observatory, a network of independent doctors that monitors the pandemic and reports 5,988 deaths from pneumonia and other symptoms related to the new coronavirus, as well as 32,110 suspected cases of contagion.
Health authorities also reported that a total of 13,918 Nicaraguans have survived the disease.
Currently, the authorities maintain a permanent day of vaccination against covid-19 for all people from 2 years of age.
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In Nicaragua, 65% of the population over two years of age already have the full course of the covid-19 vaccine, while 90% have at least one dose, according to the authorities.
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) reported that all variants of SARS-CoV-2 concern circulate in Nicaragua, mainly the omicron, data that local authorities have not confirmed.
Since the pandemic began, Nicaragua has not applied restrictive measures as part of the fight against the coronavirus, which has earned it criticism from the World Health Organization (WHO).
