After registering a period of decrease in cases, there is currently a slight increase in the disease and hospitalizations.
The cases of COVID-19 are progressively increasing after a decrease in the number of confirmed cases. “From having had 80 to 90 cases per week, we are currently registering 160 cases per week, after the period we call the honeymoon, which lasts approximately 90 to 100 days,” explained the general director of Health Surveillance, Dr. Guillermo Sequera.
Asunción and Central, are the regions that present an increase in cases of the disease, taking into account the arrival of winter, the season in which respiratory viruses begin to rise, including one of the most serious, such as COVID-19. .
In the last week (14/2023) confirmed cases were registered in 9 of the 18 health regions and in the last 114 days, the incidence rate is one case per 100,000 inhabitants.
Other respiratory viruses
Like COVID-19, there is an increase in cases of other respiratory viruses at all ages, therefore it is important to prevent serious forms of these diseases through vaccination that started on Monday, April 10.
