A total of 1,287 cases of community transmission and 7 of international origin were registered in the country, for a total of 1,294 positive cases in the last 24 hours.
This was reported by the executive vice president Delcy Rodríguez, during the Sunday session dedicated to the presentation of the weekly balance of the Presidential Commission for the Treatment, Fight and Control of Coronavirus in the country.
Vice President Rodríguez explained that Caracas was the entity with the highest number of cases, registering 162 COVID-19 infections.
The national registry of cases of community transmission is distributed among the states: Yaracuy (157), Anzoátegui (150), Sucre (133), La Guaira (121), Miranda (96), Carabobo (88), Falcón (60), Zulia (52), Monagas (49), Bolívar (48), Aragua (47), Nueva Esparta (42), Lara (28), Cojedes (24), Apure (12), Barinas (7), Portuguesa (5) , Trujillo (5) and Táchira (1).
“We regret to report the death of 17 compatriots from the Capital District (5), Yaracuy (3), Sucre (2), Nueva Esparta (2), Aragua (2), Anzoátegui (1), Mérida (1) and Miranda (1 ). We offer our condolences and solidarity to their families and loved ones”, she said.
She also indicated that in the week between April 12 and 18, the country raised its recovery percentage to 91%, registering to date a total of 15,333 COVID-19 active cases, «of which 49% are asymptomatic, 45% with mild symptoms, 4% moderate and 2% are severe”.
Among the details for this week, Vice President Rodríguez stated that “thanks to the measures applied after the arrival of the Brazilian P1 and P2 variants, we see a small descending plateau, that is why we continue to apply the weeks of flexibility. We must not abandon biosecurity measures”, she pointed out.
In this regard, President Nicolás Maduro confirmed that Venezuela has entered the phase of control of the second wave: «We hope that with the discipline and control of all we will be able to consolidate this trend and be able to reduce cases and deaths.» , he pointed out.
