Covid-19 deaths reach 8,000 mark

 

The Ministry of Health (Minsa) reported Friday, February 18, 8,000 accumulated deaths due to Covid-19 since March 2020.

In the l  previous 24 hours 4 deaths have been reported and 3 from previous dates have been updated, for a lethality of 1.1%.

Meanwhile, 8,963 tests were applied to detect  1,219 the newly infected, for a positivity level of 13.6%. 378 are hospitalized  273 in rooms and 55 in intensive care units.