A few minutes ago, an ECU911 report was issued in which the cantons were also classified through traffic lights. Most are in red.
During the In the second week of January 2022, the highest number of infections since the start of the pandemic was registered, the Deputy Minister of Public Health, José Ruales, reported a few minutes ago.. He did so as part of a press conference that was held after the meeting of the national COE, in which the development and behavior of the COVID-19 pandemic at the country level was analyzed.
It is that the cases of contagion have been increasing exponentially. While in the Christmas week 4,000 were registered, in New Year’s they were 8,000; In the first week of January there were 15,000 cases, but this week there were 42,000 infected. This is a figure that exceeds almost three times the infections of the previous week. All this as a result of crowds, parties, shopping, among others. One of the provinces with the highest number of cases is Guayas.
Additionally, the positivity of the tests of antigens and PCR reaches 46% when in December there was a positivity of 10%.
The deputy minister also explained that according to the age ranges, those with the most infections are between 20 and 49 years old. The largest number of hospitalized is in 50 years with coexisting diseases and people without vaccination. Additionally, there is a greater demand for hospitalization of people aged 19 and also in pediatric intensive care units.
Face-to-face classes are suspended in the 193 cantons that are at a red light for a week, announced the Minister of Education
Despite the increase in infections, the number of deaths has grown significantly but less than the intensity with which the number of infections has increased.
The deputy minister also explained that this entire situation generates greater pressure on the health system, social security and the private sector. There is greater pressure in the demand for external consultation and emergency care throughout the network.
The occupancy of beds ICU is at 84% and 56% for general hospitalization.
Another issue to analyze is that the behavior of the virus in other countries has been to have a peak, a plateau and then a drop in infections. In Ecuador, it would be expected that the third week of January will be one of high peak, but from now on it could behave like the other countries analyzed.
The Ministry of Health, additionally, it made a classification of cantons to which traffic lights are applied. This depends on the risk, speed of transmission, the incidence rate, that is, the accumulated cases, positivity trend in the PCR and antigen tests, and the response capacity of the services to patients.
Thus, most of the country’s cantons have been classified as high risk and red traffic lights.
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