A health worker transports an oxygen tank at the Cesar Garayar support hospital in the city of Iquitos, in the Amazon basin on May 22, 2020 which usually tends victims of endemic diseases like dengue, malaria, chikunguya and leptospirosis that still affect the population in addition to the arrival of the novel coronavirus that has claimed the lives of 14 doctors at this facility, not dedicated to harbor Covid19 cases. - Focused attention on fighting the new coronavirus in Peru has detracted the ability to combat the dengue fever, an explosive situation in the Amazon region, where it is leaving a trail of disease and death in cities and remote indigenous villages. (Photo by Cesar Von BANCELS / AFP) (Photo by CESAR VON BANCELS/AFP via Getty Images)
Peru reported 2,929 new coronavirus cases on Friday, according to the country’s Health Ministry, taking the country’s total to 111,698.
The ministry also said 96 deaths had been reported in the past day, raising the national death toll to 3,244.
Peru has the second-highest number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Latin America, behind Brazil.
