The third wave of coronavirus linked to the omicron variant continues to show high figures in San Francisco: they were 440 new positives reported this Thursday by the Regional Emergency Operations Center (COE) 3, although it is a lower figure than in the last three days.
In addition, the death of a 38-year-old man was reported Although with another underlying pathology, which suffered complications in it and was positive for COVID-19, they specified from the Iturraspe Hospital.
At the national level, a record number was reached, which broke the barrier of 100,000 cases.
On the other hand, the report indicates a drop in hospitalizations: they are nine people admitted to the Iturraspe Hospital (two less than yesterday) and three of them need mechanical ventilation (same as yesterday).
It should be noted that, thanks to vaccination, with the same number of cases and almost double that in the second wave, hospitalizations in recent days in San Francisco were almost 10 times less.
However, a 50-year-old man is hospitalized in serious condition and his family asked for a chain of prayers for his health.
According to the COE report, San Francisco now has 2.936 active cases, the highest number since the beginning of the pandemic.
In addition, the agency indicated that they are 16.399 the people recovered so far in the city and that since the beginning of the pandemic are already 18.696 people infected locally.
In the past ten days alone, the COE has reported no less than 3,955 new cases in San Francisco.
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