Nicaragua has accumulated 240 deaths from covid-19 and 18,936 confirmed cases since the pandemic was detected in the country in March 2020, the Ministry of Health reported on Tuesday.
In the last seven days, Nicaragua registered 59 new cases of covid-19 and one death from the disease, which brought the confirmed infections to 18,936 and the accumulated deaths to 240, 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 one 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 report. official, without specifying the number of dead.
The Ministry of Health did not explain the relationship between those killed by the pandemic and those who died with chronic diseases in Nicaragua, a country of 6.5 million inhabitants.
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The official data contrasts with that of the Covid-19 Citizen Observatory, a network of independent doctors that monitors the pandemic and that until the end of last April reported 5,994 deaths from pneumonia and other symptoms related to the coronavirus, as well as 32,174 suspected cases of contagion.
The health authorities also reported that they have treated and followed up 14,577 people, of whom 14,278 have survived the disease.
Currently, the authorities maintain a permanent day of vaccination against covid-19 for all people from 2 years of age.
In Nicaragua, 80% of the population over 2 years of age already have the full course of the covid-19 vaccine, while 92% have at least one dose, according to the authorities.
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).
