This Thursday, the Minister of People’s Power for Communication and Information, Freddy Ñáñez, announced that 347 days after the start of the pandemic, Venezuela registered 426 new infections by Covid-19, 425 from community transmission and 1 imported case.
He made it known through his official account on the Twitter social network: “Up to date 2,869,624 tests have been carried out. This represents 95,654 tests per million inhabitants”, announced Freddy Ñáñez.
He also added: «3,289 patients are asymptomatic, 2,812 with mild Acute Respiratory Failure, 382 with Moderate Acute Respiratory Failure and 127 in the intensive care units.»
«Unfortunately we report 3 deaths due to this virus: A 29-year-old man from Anzoátegui state, a 67-year-old woman from Yaracuy state and a 57-year-old man from Lara state. Condolences to their relatives and loved ones,” tweeted the head of the Communications portfolio of the Bolivarian Government.