COVID-19 cases in Peru surpass 80,000

People wear protective masks in the boarding area of international flights at the Jorge Chavez International Airport, in the constitutional province of Callao, Peru, on March 6, 2020. (Photo by Mariana Bazo/Xinhua)

Lima continues to be the region with the highest number of COVID-19 cases, with 52,545.

LIMA, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Peru's Health Ministry on Thursday said 4,298 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in the past 24 hours, bringing the country's total number to 80,604, with 2,267 deaths.

Currently, 6,941 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, with 842 of those in intensive care units and on ventilators, the Health Ministry said in a statement.

Of the total number of people infected since the country's outbreak began, 25,151 completed their period of self-isolating at home or were discharged from local hospitals.

"Lima continues to be the region with the highest number of COVID-19 cases, with 52,545," the ministry said. ■