Venezuela confirms 12 new coronavirus cases , while recovered increase to 176


The Minister for Communication and Information, Jorge Rodríguez, reported 12 new Covid-19 coronavirus cases on Wednesday, thus bringing the number of infected in the country to 379.

In statements from Miraflores Palace, he explained that four of the confirmed cases are coming from Brazil, two from Colombia and six are by community contact. Of these people, six are registered in Nueva Esparta state, one in Falcón state, four in Bolívar state and one in Portuguesa state.

Rodríguez also reported that Venezuela raised the number of coronavirus recovered patients to 176 .

At the time he mentioned that so far 495,730 screening tests have been performed, which means that Venezuela applies 16,524 screening tests for every million inhabitants.

On repeated occasions, the Government of Venezuela has reiterated the importance of carrying out a massive screening of Covid-19, as promoted by the World Health Organization (WHO); in order to stop the chain of contagion of the outbreak, which already affects more than 3.8 million people worldwide.