The Department Cruceño again registered a slight increase in Covid infections for the second consecutive day. The positivity rate of the nasal antigen tests was 8%, that is, 2% more than yesterday, according to the report of the Departmental Health Service (Headquarters).
Carlos Hurtado, manager of Epidemiology at Headquarters, reported that This Tuesday, 240 confirmed cases were detected in 12 municipalities Santa Cruz de la Sierra, of which Santa Cruz de la Sierra concentrates the largest number with 225.
In this way, the accumulated number of infected so far this year rose to 99,913, less than in 2,021, when there were 184,987. While lThe number of recovered in this management reached 125,043, after 79 patients beat the disease.
Hurtado lamented the death of a person due to complications from Covid, for which ehe total number of deaths this year amounted to 662. Also, yesHe pointed out that there are 32 people in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) rooms due to the virus, 22 of them are attached to a respirator.
Regarding the vaccination process, Hurtado indicated that this Tuesday only 5,849 doses were applied and recognized that the immunization process has slowed down, so he invited the population to go to the vaccination points.
“We must recommend that the population attend to be vaccinated, much more in the group of 5 to 17 years for us to go preparing for a safe return to school face-to-face,” he added.
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The Department Cruceño again registered a slight increase in Covid infections for the second consecutive day. The positivity rate of the nasal antigen tests was 8%, that is, 2% more than yesterday, according to the report of the Departmental Health Service (Headquarters).
Carlos Hurtado, manager of Epidemiology at Headquarters, reported that This Tuesday, 240 confirmed cases were detected in 12 municipalities Santa Cruz de la Sierra, of which Santa Cruz de la Sierra concentrates the largest number with 225.
In this way, the accumulated number of infected so far this year rose to 99,913, less than in 2,021, when there were 184,987. While lThe number of recovered in this management reached 125,043, after 79 patients beat the disease.
Hurtado lamented the death of a person due to complications from Covid, for which ehe total number of deaths this year amounted to 662. Also, yesHe pointed out that there are 32 people in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) rooms due to the virus, 22 of them are attached to a respirator.
Regarding the vaccination process, Hurtado indicated that this Tuesday only 5,849 doses were applied and recognized that the immunization process has slowed down, so he invited the population to go to the vaccination points.
“We must recommend that the population attend to be vaccinated, much more in the group of 5 to 17 years for us to go preparing for a safe return to school face-to-face,” he added.
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