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The National Center for Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control (CDC Peru)an entity attached to the Ministry of Health (Sometimes), announced the end of the fifth wave of COVID-19 in Peru. This after the start of this health crisis was confirmed on December 2.
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Caesar Love, chief executive of the CDC, provided more details on the reports that occurred during these almost more than two months of this stage. In this sense, he reported that from the beginning to “SE06-2023” there were 319,212 cases and 1,932 deaths.
He also explained that the fifth wave reported lower numbers compared to previous ones. In other words, the lethality of the coronavirus represented 0.61 per 100 confirmed cases. After week 48, there were decreases, with 30.6% less than the previous seven days.
The headline also confirmed that the most affected age group during the fifth wave was the elderly, with 1.52 cases per 100 inhabitants. While 2.35 deaths were recorded per 100 cases.
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Furthermore, he confirmed that the announcement of the end of the fifth wave is due to decreases in hospitalizations and deaths, unlike the previous waves. In addition, he did not rule out that in the next few days slight increases will be reported “
“The pandemic is in transition to an endemic phase, which means that there could be slight increases in cases related to the low temperature season; as well as with the appearance of new sublines of the omicron variant,” Munayco told Agencia Andina.
At the same time, the expert asked all citizens to go to vaccination centers in order to prevent any situation. In this case, to complete their vaccination.
On December 2, then-Health Minister Kelly Portalatino announced the start of the fifth wave, as an increase in infections was reported, along with hospitalizations and deaths.
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So far this year, more than 10,000 infections have been reported, 141 hospitalized and 15 deaths.
As recalled, almost three years after the COVID-19 pandemic left thousands of grieving families in Peru and around the world. A situation that revealed attention deficits, poor condition of medical devices, drug shortages, among others I cannot avoid death reports.
Over the months, other variants have been known and even some more deadly. A situation that could only be avoided through vaccination. Minsa announced that a total of 87 million COVID-19 vaccines have been applied.
93.98% of Peruvians over the age of 12 receive the first dose. While 90.27% applied the second dose and 74.11% the third dose. These figures represent February 2021.