René Sanmartín, district director of Salud Ambato, stated that 1,787 new cases of COVID-19 were registered in the last week.
He said that this is reflected in hospitalization with a very high percentage of occupancy, because the 28 beds in the Ambato General Teaching Hospital (HGDA) are full; and in the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security (IESS), 32, 28 are used.
The official indicated that the slowdown in infections is expected to begin this week, but that if the situation continues as it is now, it will be necessary to increase beds to care for patients, warning that there is much greater installed capacity, but that what is he wants is for it to be reduced gradually.
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Regarding the intensive care units (ICU), he indicated that, of the five installed in the HGDA, all are occupied; while in the IESS, the three that are available for COVID patients are still used, but they can also be increased according to the requirements these days.
Sanmartín asserted that the situation is very changeable, because it is possible that in a few hours the situation that occurred this Monday morning will decrease or increase, warning that there are still discharges that occur in shorter periods of time than the previous ones.
Ximena Torres, head of the municipal brigades that resumed activity from this Monday in agreement with the Ministry of Public Health, said that they will support the points where there is a massive presence of citizens, and will attend from 08:30 to 15:00 with the application of the two doses and even the reinforcement ones.
For his part, Diego Salgado, coordinator of the brigades, reported that for the next few days it is planned to sweep the mainly rural sectors of the canton, going from house to house in order to verify that the vaccines have been applied. The interest is that the effects of infections are reduced and hospitalization is avoided.
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