Statistics of the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru
This article presents official statistics gathered during the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru.

Maps
Departments with confirmed COVID-19 cases.
Confirmed cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 inhabitants by departments.
Cases by department according to the regional health authority (Diresa and Geresa).
Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Peru by province.
Confirmed cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 inhabitants in Peru by province.
Confirmed deaths by COVID-19 in Peru.
Confirmed deaths by COVID-19 per 100,000 inhabitants.
Tests made for every 100,000 inhabitants in Peru by department.
Confirmed cases in districts of Lima and Callao.
Confirmed cases for every 100,000 inhabitants in the districts of Lima and Callao.
Map of confirmed deaths in Lima and Callao.
Confirmed deaths for every 100,000 inhabitants in the districts of Lima and Callao
Departments with targeted quarantine, according to the General Directorate of Epidemiology.
Administered vaccine by departments.
Cases by department
| Department or autonomous province |
Cases | Deaths | Lethality | Cases /100k |
Deaths /100k |
Tests | Positivity | Population (est. 2020)[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,810,998 | 62,126 | 3.43% | 5,550.8 | 190.4 | 11,269,734 | 16.1% | 32,625,948 | |
| 771,475 | 24,415 | 3.16% | 7,974.1 | 252.4 | 5,257,400 | 14.7% | 9,674,755 | |
| 91,921 | 3,230 | 3.51% | 8,135.7 | 285.9 | 522,938 | 17.6% | 1,129,854 | |
| 72,911 | 2,457 | 3.37% | 4,869.0 | 164.1 | 639,082 | 11.4% | 1,497,438 | |
| 71,139 | 3,009 | 4.23% | 3,473.7 | 146.9 | 335,298 | 21.2% | 2,047,954 | |
| 66,876 | 3,802 | 5.69% | 3,316.0 | 188.5 | 358,086 | 18.7% | 2,016,771 | |
| 63,326 | 2,679 | 4.23% | 5,363.7 | 226.9 | 345,524 | 18.3% | 1,180,638 | |
| 62,644 | 2,157 | 3.44% | 4,601.2 | 158.4 | 391,039 | 16.0% | 1,361,467 | |
| 61,751 | 2,773 | 4.49% | 6,474.8 | 290.8 | 341,216 | 18.1% | 953,715 | |
| 55,000 | 1,186 | 2.16% | 4,052.8 | 87.4 | 332,319 | 16.6% | 1,357,075 | |
| 52,187 | 1,255 | 2.40% | 3,589.9 | 86.3 | 295,145 | 17.7% | 1,453,711 | |
| 50,785 | 2,572 | 5.06% | 3,874.4 | 196.2 | 271,498 | 18.7% | 1,310,785 | |
| 48,921 | 2,797 | 5.72% | 5,016.6 | 286.8 | 252,447 | 19.4% | 975,182 | |
| 40,539 | 1,199 | 2.96% | 4,506.1 | 133.3 | 183,616 | 22.1% | 899,648 | |
| 38,536 | 1,411 | 3.66% | 3,750.2 | 137.3 | 162,232 | 23.8% | 1,027,559 | |
| 30,119 | 953 | 3.16% | 3,961.6 | 125.4 | 167,136 | 18.0% | 760,267 | |
| 30,067 | 913 | 3.04% | 5,103.8 | 155.0 | 117,053 | 25.7% | 589,110 | |
| 29,075 | 830 | 2.85% | 2,348.6 | 67.0 | 168,278 | 17.3% | 1,237,997 | |
| 26,557 | 457 | 1.72% | 6,222.3 | 107.1 | 117,761 | 22.6% | 426,806 | |
| 26,481 | 737 | 2.78% | 3,963.0 | 110.3 | 128,748 | 20.6% | 668,213 | |
| 23,509 | 746 | 3.17% | 6,337.1 | 201.1 | 150,133 | 15.7% | 370,974 | |
| 23,283 | 540 | 2.32% | 12,080.0 | 280.2 | 207,166 | 11.2% | 192,740 | |
| 19,660 | 481 | 2.45% | 4,564.3 | 111.7 | 145,578 | 13.5% | 430,736 | |
| 15,266 | 557 | 3.65% | 6,069.5 | 221.5 | 83,552 | 18.3% | 251,521 | |
| 13,261 | 377 | 2.84% | 3,630.0 | 103.2 | 99,126 | 13.4% | 365,317 | |
| 12,990 | 365 | 2.81% | 4,777.4 | 134.2 | 127,903 | 10.2% | 271,904 | |
| 12,719 | 228 | 1.79% | 7,317.7 | 131.2 | 69,460 | 18.3% | 173,811 | |
Summary table
| Date | Active cases |
Total cases | Recovered | Deaths | Hospitalisations | PCR | Serology | Antigenic | Total tests | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cml | ICU | |||||||||
| 2020-03-06 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 155 | - | - | 155 |
| 2020-04-01 | 829 | 1,323 | 447 | 47 | 198 | 56 | 15,587 | - | - | 15,587 |
| 2020-05-01 | 28,206 | 40,459 | 11,129 | 1,124 | 5,287 | 658 | 60,381 | 282,117 | - | 342,498 |
| 2020-06-01 | 96,898 | 170,039 | 68,507 | 4,634 | 8,868 | 975 | 145,625 | 931,034 | - | 1,076,659 |
| 2020-07-01 | 100,372 | 288,477 | 178,245 | 9,860 | 11,108 | 1,212 | 252,738 | 1,446,631 | - | 1,699,369 |
| 2020-08-01 | 111,940 | 422,183 | 290,835 | 19,408 | 13,700 | 1,416 | 388,527 | 1,989,421 | - | 2,377,948 |
| 2020-09-01 | 156,462 | 657,129 | 471,599 | 29,068 | 12,162 | 1,493 | 595,226 | 2,637,808 | - | 3,233,034 |
| 2020-10-01 | 95,234 | 818,297 | 690,528 | 32,535 | 7,511 | 1,353 | n/a | n/a | - | 3,908,125 |
| 2020-11-01 | 42,769 | 904,911 | 827,613 | 34,529 | 5,270 | 1,041 | 1,028,303 | 3,509,237 | - | 4,537,540 |
| 2020-12-01 | 32,219 | 965,228 | 896,978 | 36,031 | 4,022 | 958 | 1,271,584 | 3,814,191 | - | 5,085,775 |
| 2021-01-01 | 24,493 | 1,017,199 | 954,982 | 37,724 | 5,223 | 1,253 | 1,501,619 | 4,036,111 | - | 5,537,730 |
| 2021-02-01 | 44,390 | 1,142,716 | 1,057,145 | 41,181 | 12,376 | 1,855 | 1,918,961 | 4,260,126 | 175,153 | 6,354,240 |
| 2021-03-01 | 49,586 | 1,332,939 | 1,236,668 | 46,685 | 15,040 | 2,153 | 2,351,021 | 4,458,581 | 794,912 | 7,604,514 |
| 2021-04-01 | 32,780 | 1,561,723 | 1,476,782 | 52,161 | 13,514 | 2,065 | 2,905,822 | 4,645,563 | 1,843,114 | 9,394,499 |
| 2021-04-02 | 30,432 | 1,568,345 | 1,485,582 | 52,331 | 13,581 | 2,357 | 2,930,126 | 4,649,394 | 1,865,836 | 9,445,356 |
| 2021-04-03 | 29,284 | 1,573,961 | 1,492,052 | 52,625 | 13,357 | 2,373 | 2,947,615 | 4,652,684 | 1,882,931 | 9,483,230 |
| 2021-04-04 | 28,908 | 1,582,367 | 1,500,582 | 52,877 | 13,561 | 2,307 | 2,970,129 | 4,655,874 | 1,912,124 | 9,538,127 |
| 2021-04-05 | 27,578 | 1,590,209 | 1,509,493 | 53,138 | 13,650 | 2,348 | 2,993,718 | 4,658,386 | 1,927,336 | 9,579,440 |
| 2021-04-06 | 26,406 | 1,598,593 | 1,518,776 | 53,411 | 14,066 | 2,452 | 3,015,808 | 4,663,041 | 1,962,182 | 9,641,031 |
| 2021-04-07 | 27,061 | 1,607,898 | 1,527,112 | 53,725 | 13,823 | 2,249 | 3,028,755 | 4,671,843 | 2,008,445 | 9,709,043 |
| 2021-04-08 | 26,801 | 1,617,864 | 1,537,085 | 53,978 | 13,622 | 2,246 | 3,056,123 | 4,676,818 | 2,057,803 | 9,790,744 |
| 2021-04-09 | 26,427 | 1,628,519 | 1,547,807 | 54,285 | 14,199 | 2,313 | 3,091,155 | 4,681,787 | 2,103,480 | 9,876,422 |
| 2021-04-10 | 27,319 | 1,639,767 | 1,557,779 | 54,669 | 14,943 | 2,321 | 3,112,131 | 4,687,725 | 2,145,876 | 9,945,732 |
| 2021-04-11 | 26,248 | 1,647,694 | 1,566,543 | 54,903 | 14,512 | 2,302 | 3,125,834 | 4,692,828 | 2,183,170 | 10,001,832 |
| 2021-04-12 | 22,848 | 1,653,320 | 1,575,242 | 55,230 | 15,238 | 2,073 | 3,133,773 | 4,694,484 | 2,198,213 | 10,026,470 |
| 2021-04-13 | 19,793 | 1,659,707 | 1,584,425 | 55,489 | 15,183 | 2,599 | 3,143,771 | 4,706,931 | 2,235,300 | 10,086,002 |
| 2021-04-14 | 18,988 | 1,667,737 | 1,592,937 | 55,812 | 15,074 | 2,615 | 3,157,030 | 4,718,999 | 2,282,814 | 10,158,843 |
| 2021-04-15 | 22,880 | 1,681,063 | 1,602,034 | 56,149 | 15,119 | 2,603 | 3,172,501 | 4,724,704 | 2,329,189 | 10,226,394 |
| 2021-04-16 | 22,034 | 1,689,051 | 1,610,563 | 56,454 | 14,976 | 2,591 | 3,191,863 | 4,730,154 | 2,373,542 | 10,295,559 |
| 2021-04-17 | 21,149 | 1,697,626 | 1,619,680 | 56,797 | 15,129 | 2,616 | 3,216,604 | 4,735,796 | 2,421,915 | 10,374,315 |
| 2021-04-18 | 19,558 | 1,704,757 | 1,627,969 | 57,230 | 14,747 | 2,636 | 3,232,404 | 4,739,582 | 2,463,455 | 10,435,441 |
| 2021-04-19 | 13,964 | 1,707,787 | 1,636,286 | 57,537 | 14,752 | 2,574 | 3,239,633 | 4,742,041 | 2,479,801 | 10,461,475 |
| 2021-04-20 | 16,034 | 1,719,088 | 1,645,100 | 57,954 | 15,547 | 2,580 | 3,252,596 | 4,747,846 | 2,523,977 | 10,524,419 |
| 2021-04-21 | 15,134 | 1,726,806 | 1,653,411 | 58,261 | 15,440 | 2,628 | 3,271,116 | 4,751,376 | 2,559,970 | 10,582,462 |
| 2021-04-22 | 14,210 | 1,734,606 | 1,661,792 | 58,604 | 15,301 | 2,614 | 3,288,347 | 4,756,679 | 2,605,821 | 10,650,847 |
| 2021-04-23 | 15,838 | 1,745,655 | 1,670,805 | 59,012 | 15,239 | 2,642 | 3,308,562 | 4,762,438 | 2,652,364 | 10,723,364 |
| 2021-04-24 | 15,611 | 1,754,150 | 1,679,099 | 59,440 | 15,258 | 2,646 | 3,330,591 | 4,767,954 | 2,699,753 | 10,798,298 |
| 2021-04-25 | 13,760 | 1,761,575 | 1,688,091 | 59,724 | 14,912 | 2,618 | 3,348,227 | 4,772,014 | 2,741,778 | 10,862,019 |
| 2021-04-26 | Unreliable | 1,768,186 | 1,714,995 | 60,013 | 15,104 | 2,628 | 3,366,230 | 4,774,570 | 2,758,391 | 10,899,191 |
| 2021-04-27 | Unreliable | 1,775,062 | 1,721,922 | 60,416 | 15,211 | 2,642 | 3,382,803 | 4,779,465 | 2,802,490 | 10,964,758 |
| 2021-04-28 | Unreliable | 1,783,339 | 1,728,662 | 60,742 | 15,111 | 2,633 | 3,401,686 | 4,784,780 | 2,851,136 | 11,037,602 |
| 2021-04-29 | Unreliable | 1,791,998 | 1,736,183 | 61,101 | 15,206 | 2,679 | 3,422,082 | 4,789,529 | 2,884,774 | 11,096,385 |
| 2021-04-30 | Unreliable | 1,799,445 | 1,741,861 | 61,477 | 14,701 | 2,652 | 3,444,869 | 4,795,542 | 2,929,119 | 11,169,530 |
| 2021-05-01 | Unreliable | 1,804,915 | 1,748,170 | 61,789 | 14,795 | 2,667 | 3,465,920 | 4,799,771 | 2,960,233 | 11,225,924 |
Note: References in the daily report are in the annex, at the beginning of this section.
Charts
Accumulated cases
Daily cases
Daily cases, with a seven-day moving average.
Daily deaths
Daily deaths, with a seven-day moving average. It does not take into account the increase in the data for July 22, August 13 and September 23, only their daily reports.
- Note 1: On July 22 and August 13, updates were made adding more deaths from previous dates to those already reported, which is why there is an abrupt increase in deaths.
- Note 2: The number of deaths reported on September 23 was 284, of which 98 are from that day and 186 correspond to September 20.
Daily recoveries
Daily recoveries, with seven-day moving average.
Note 1: On April 26, 2021, the Ministry of Health reports an increase of 26,904 new recoveries, this increase will not be taken into account in the seven-day moving average.
Accumulated tests
New tests
Daily tests, with a seven-day moving average.
Positivity
Daily positivity and test positivity rate, smoothed using the seven-day moving average.
Daily all-cause deaths
Daily all-cause deaths in Peru based on National System of Deaths data (SINADEF, acronym in Spanish).[3]
Hospitalized cases
Cases in ICU
ICU beds availability
Source: Dirección General de Epidemiología, Ministerio de Salud (MINSA, acronym in Spanish).[4]
Accumulated cases
- Last update: May 1, 2021.
> 500,000 cases
40,000-90,000 cases
10,000-40,000 cases
Accumulated deaths
- Last update: May 1, 2021.
> 20,000 deaths
2,000-4,000 deaths
800-2,000 deaths
200-800 deaths
Accumulated cases per 1,000 inhab
- Last update: March 7, 2021.
Demographics
Registry of cases and deaths by gender and age based on data from the "Datos Abiertos" platform provided by the Ministry of Health.[6]
| Year group | Male | Female | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Deaths | Lethality | Cases | Deaths | Lethality | Cases | Deaths | Lethality | |
| All ages | 849,573 | 36,616 | 4.31% | 798,121 | 18,287 | 2.29% | 1,647,694 | 54,903 | 3.33% |
| 0-9 | 20,797 | 105 | 0.50% | 19,209 | 83 | 0.43% | 40,006 | 188 | 0.47% |
| 10-19 | 40,387 | 95 | 0.24% | 45,756 | 84 | 0.18% | 86,143 | 179 | 0.21% |
| 20-29 | 144,616 | 380 | 0.26% | 151,136 | 206 | 0.14% | 295,752 | 586 | 0.20% |
| 30-39 | 188,103 | 1,159 | 0.62% | 177,571 | 574 | 0.32% | 365,674 | 1,733 | 0.47% |
| 40-49 | 167,171 | 3,254 | 1.95% | 146,885 | 1,338 | 0.91% | 314,056 | 4,592 | 1.46% |
| 50-59 | 134,408 | 6,876 | 5.12% | 119,110 | 2,761 | 2.32% | 253,518 | 9,637 | 3.80% |
| 60-69 | 86,412 | 9,855 | 11.40% | 77,907 | 4,832 | 6.20% | 164,319 | 14,687 | 8.94% |
| 70-79 | 45,790 | 8,776 | 19.17% | 39,771 | 4,488 | 11.28% | 85,561 | 13,264 | 15.50% |
| 80-89 | 18,666 | 5,100 | 27.32% | 17,098 | 3,036 | 17.76% | 35,764 | 8,136 | 22.75% |
| 90+ | 2,999 | 1,016 | 33.88% | 3,569 | 885 | 24.80% | 6,568 | 1,901 | 28.94% |
| N/A | 224 | - | - | 109 | - | - | 333 | - | - |
Charts
Cases according to regional health authority
| Department or autonomous province |
Cases | Deaths | Cases /1,000 |
Lethality (%)[n 1] |
Population (est. 2020)[7] |
Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 / 26 | 1,601,666 | 52,914 | 49.09 | 3.30 | 32,625,948 | n/a |
| 428,831 | 15,491 | 44.32 | 3.61 | 9,674,755 | [8] | |
| 152,303 | 2,432 | 101.71 | 1.60 | 1,497,438 | [9] | |
| 78,840 | 1,350 | 58.10 | 1.71 | 1,357,075 | [10][11] | |
| 77,824 | 2,892 | 38.00 | 3.72 | 2,047,954 | [12] | |
| 72,594 | 4,166 | 36.00 | 5.74 | 2,016,771 | [13] | |
| 64,303 | 2,463 | 62.58 | 3.83 | 1,027,559 | [14] | |
| 63,322 | 4,448 | 56.04 | 7.02 | 1,129,854 | [15] | |
| 60,327 | 2,517 | 61.86 | 4.17 | 975,182 | [16][17] | |
| 59,879 | 1,572 | 43.98 | 2.63 | 1,361,467 | [18] | |
| 51,218 | 1,142 | 35.23 | 2.23 | 1,453,711 | [19] | |
| 49,383 | 1,909 | 51.78 | 3.87 | 953,715 | [20] | |
| 45,380 | 1,947 | 38.44 | 4.29 | 1,180,638 | [21][22] | |
| 42,423 | 1,110 | 47.16 | 2.62 | 899,648 | [23] | |
| 41,719 | 966 | 54.87 | 2.32 | 760,267 | [24] | |
| 37,271 | 821 | 30.11 | 2.20 | 1,237,997 | [25] | |
| 36,315 | 518 | 188.41 | 1.43 | 192,740 | [26] | |
| 36,246 | 1,198 | 61.53 | 3.31 | 589,110 | [27] | |
| 33,882 | 2,877 | 25.85 | 8.49 | 1,310,785 | [28] | |
| 27,996 | 392 | 65.59 | 1.40 | 426,806 | [29] | |
| 27,084 | 478 | 40.53 | 1.76 | 668,213 | [30] | |
| 24,288 | 617 | 65.47 | 2.54 | 370,974 | [31] | |
| 22,384 | 487 | 88.99 | 2.18 | 251,521 | [32] | |
| 18,021 | 369 | 103.68 | 2.05 | 173,811 | [33] | |
| 18,005 | 260 | 49.29 | 1.44 | 365,317 | [34] | |
| 16,684 | 272 | 38.73 | 1.63 | 430,736 | [35] | |
| 15,144 | 220 | 55.70 | 1.45 | 271,904 | [36] | |
Note: The Regional Directorate of Health (DIRESA, acronym in Spanish) and the Regional Health Management (GERESA, acronym in Spanish) are health authorities belonging to each regional government (departments) except the province of Lima which is administered by the Ministry of Health, these health authorities have regional autonomy by which show different figures than the reports of the Ministry of Health.
Notes
- Percentage of deaths in total cases.
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