This Sunday, the department of Santa Cruz registered 113 cases of coronavirus, with 18 percent positivity, which is considered the highest in the last three months, reported Carlos Hurtado, Manager of Epidemiology of the Departmental Health Service (Headquarters),
According to the authority, this Sunday 7,091 doses of anticovid vaccine were applied, of which 4,853 were of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which is applied as a booster and that had an expiration date on October 31.
He explained that Santa Cruz applied a total of 115,620 AstraZeneca doses in the 11 days of vaccination with this vaccine, of which 91,141 were third doses.
He recalled that this Monday, November 1, they will continue to apply first and second doses of the other vaccines.
Hurtado indicated that the number of infections that was registered on Sunday, which exceeds 100 cases, had not been presented since July 25. Most of the cases were registered in Warnes, Cotoca, Roboré, La Guardia and Santa Cruz de la Sierra.
On the other hand, he said that the good news of the day is that 229 people overcame the disease and no deaths were reported. 60 people are kept in intensive care, of which 47 coupled to a respirator.
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