The Ministry of Health reported this July 13 a total of 7 thousand 747 new infections of coronavirusafter carrying out 23 thousand 199 tests.
With the data, the total number of active cases amounts to 66 thousand 416 and the total number of cases to 955 thousand 370.
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On the other hand, the recovered cases are 877 thousand 945 and the number of deaths reached 18 thousand 756, the highest number of deaths in Central America.
Furthermore, according to official figures from the Ministry of Healthbetween January and July 2022, 6,710 people have been hospitalized, of which 83% were unvaccinated.
The authorities also detailed that 17% of hospitalized people (1,140 people) had at least one dose of the covid-19 vaccine.
Regarding vaccination, the immunization plan in Guatemala against covid-19 It is the lowest of the entire isthmus, according to data from the Central American Integration System (SIGA).
Guatemala is the only country in the region that has not been able to exceed 50% of the complete vaccination (administration of at least two doses).
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#Update| #MSPAS reports this July 13, 2022 the laboratory-confirmed cases on the Situation board #COVID19 in Guatemala.
⚠️ Corresponds to July 12, 2022 from 00:00 to 23:59.
Enter 👉 https://t.co/sVrE3dBq6c pic.twitter.com/sIOHMsePp5– Ministry of Public Health (@MinSaludGuate) July 13, 2022
The country has achieved that 6.3 million people have at least two doses of the vaccine against covid-19, representing 35% of the total population.
Recently, the magazine Nature published on July 7 an article titled: Guatemala’s COVID vaccine roll-out failed: here’s what researchers know (COVID Vaccine Deployment Failure in Guatemala: Here’s What Researchers Know) listing the main reasons why people have not been immunized.
This publication explains that rural areas only one in four people had received a dose of the vaccine.
“Factors range from health officials not working with community leaders to build trust until the Government does not provide clear information on security in the native languages of the residents”, indicates the article.
Increase in cases
Given the increase in confirmed cases of covid-19, the health authorities indicated on July 7 that the use of the mask would once again be mandatory indoors and outdoors.regardless of the alert color of the municipalities on the epidemiological map.
Virginia Herzig, Risk Management coordinator of the Ministry of Health, said that failure to comply with preventive measures to prevent the spread of epidemics is subject to sanction and this can be applied through municipal authorities or local authorities that they have the authority to do so.
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