In Ecuador, the number of cases of COVID-19 exceeded 110 thousand

In Ecuador, the number of cases of infection with a new type of coronavirus reached 110,092, the press service of the Ecuadorian Ministry of Health reports. Follow the development of events in the broadcast: Coronavirus in the world: countries continue to fight the pandemic - all the news The number of victims of COVID-19 complications in the country reached 10,576. The department notes that these statistics include both confirmed deaths from coronavirus infection and cases with suspected virus, but not confirmed by the results of research. Previously, counting for these categories was carried out separately. Also, the Ecuadorian authorities decided to stop including in the statistics cases of infection detected using rapid tests. Rapid tests show the presence of antibodies or immunity to a new coronavirus, they are not used to diagnose the disease, the Ecuadorian Ministry of Health said.