Most of the patients correspond to unvaccinated people.
The pandemic continues in Guayaquil and citizens must continue to practice sanitary measures, especially the use of a mask, insisted the delegates of the municipal Health Directorate when offering details of the epidemiological report of week 46, from November 15 to 21 of the year in course.
Carlos Farhat, advisor to the Health Directorate, said there is a “slight increase” in the last three weeks of this month. In that period, infections have risen from around 110, 180 until reaching 308 infected in week 46.
During that period, the health situation also went from 27 to 40 patients occupying beds in intensive care units (ICU) of the city’s network of hospitals.
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The vast majority of those admitted are people who have not completed their immunization process, said Farhat.
The increase in cases is associated with the effects of the last holiday for the deceased and the Cuenca festivities.
The epidemiologist attributed this slight increase to the mobilizations and little care in entertainment sites during the October and November festivities.
In addition, the average number of deaths per day doubled from 1 to 2. “At the beginning of the previous week we had days of 3 to 4 deaths and we were not used to that number, and we talked about one and sometimes none. Yesterday (Sunday 22), luckily no patient died from COVID-19, ″ said Farhat.
Carlos Salvador, Health Director, called on citizens to follow the immunization process to avoid a further increase in cases and mortality caused by the virus. Both called to reinforce the sanitary measures and in case of needing the dose of the booster vaccine, attend as soon as possible.
For now, Health Brigades continues to track and monitor COVID-19 cases in 24 sectors of the city. Currently, several hospitals have reduced their spaces for COVID-19 patients to allocate those beds to other pathologies and some health homes increase as the arrival of patients with the virus. (I)
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