COVID-19: Active cases on the rise

The Ministry of Health (Minsa) reported on Wednesday, November 17,  238 new infections of Covid-19 for a cumulative total of 475,166 cases.

One death is reported for a cumulative 7,349 deaths from the respiratory virus.

The ministry highlighted that they applied in the last 24 hours a total of 8,095  tests for a positivity of 2.9%.

Active cases continue to rise: for Wednesday they total 2,019, of which 1,888 are in home isolation and 131 hospitalized – 111 in wards and 20 in intensive care units.