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The authorities of the Ministry of Health of Guatemala said this Saturday at a press conference that at this time there is 33 percent positivity in cases of covid-19, and that only in July 898 people died in the country as a consequence of this disease.
Francisco Coma, Vice Minister of Hospitals and who participated in the conference, said that all hospitals in the public and private network are occupied from 95 to 100 percent in care for moderate and severe patients.
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"We have already reached the level of the total number of hospital beds in the country, here I am talking about temporary hospitals and I am also talking about hospitals in the national network, to have a 95 percent occupancy in serious patients, and above 80 percent in moderate patients ”, indicated Coma.
Coma assured that as of this Saturday the registry for vaccination will open for people between 30 and 35 years old.
In recent days, Guatemala has exceeded 4,000 confirmed daily cases of covid-19, according to data provided by health authorities at the press conference.
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The deputy minister assured that, although there is no official confirmation, it is very likely that the delta variant is already circulating in the country, considered "worrisome" by the World Health Organization (WHO) for being highly contagious.
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When questioned by the press about possible restrictions, Vice Minister Coma told CNN that the situation has been raised with the president, Alejandro Giammattei, who is analyzing it.
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