This last Monday of March, Bolivia once again registered a rise in infections by Covid, since 220 confirmed cases were detected, after 5,517 nasal antigen tests were performed (which gives a 4% positivity rate). Yesterday, the infected were 75. In addition to the fact that this day the death of two people is lamented, according to the report of the Ministry of Health and Sports.
The department of Santa Cruz continues to be the epicenter of new infections, With 106 new positive cases, it is followed by Cochabamba with 62, La Paz with 38, Tarija with six, Potosí with four, Pando with three and Chuquisaca with one. Beni and Oruro did not register positive tests.
In this way, the accumulated number of people infected by Covid in the country, since the pandemic began in March 2020, reached 901,587, of which 47,087 remain active. While the total number of recovered rose to 833,011, after 1,827 beat the disease this Monday.
The National Directorate of Epidemiology lamented the death of two people due to complications of the virus and the total number of deaths is 21,4489.
Vaccination
The Ministry of Health and Sports in its daily report reported that To date, 13,080,163 doses of Sputnik have been applied V, AstraZeneca, Sinopharm, Pfizer, Janssen and Moderna throughout the national territory. Of these, 6,078,875 people received the first dose, 4,790,745 the second, 994,961 the single dose and 1,215,582 the third dose.