According to the Ministry of Public Health (MSP), there are 177,701 cases in the capital of the Republic. It is the city with the most infections nationwide.
Approximately 165,000 tests to detect coronavirus would be bought by him Municipality of Quito in the administration of Santiago Guarderas.
Francisco Viteri, Secretary of Health of the Quito council, reported that they are in the process of acquiring PRC and antigen test.
“The administrative procedures that occurred at the end of the administration of the mayor (Jorge) Yunda when doctor (Santiago) Guarderas took office, we are resuming the processes to see those that are already in progress and that have all the documentation in order to be able to give them continuity, “he said.
He estimated that they are currently 100 daily tests; before they were about 1,000.
The former mayor of Quito Jorge Yunda and other people are part of a judicial process for alleged irregularities in the acquisition of tests for coronavirus in his administration at the head of the council.
Cases in Quito
Regarding the epidemiological situation in Quito, according to the latest report from the Ministry of Public Health (MSP), there are 177,701 cases, being the city with the most infections nationwide.
Viteri argued that no patients waiting to access hospitals.
Too occupancy percentages have decreased both in hospital beds and in intensive care units (ICU).
In addition, the majority of health homes have withdrawn the units dedicated to coronavirus, which shows, he added, that the number of patients accessing has dropped “radically”, which he attributed to the vaccination.
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On positivity rate For coronavirus, the official said that in the search for cases, which is done in neighborhoods with mobile brigades, it is 11.4, while in fixed positions, 2.6.
Viteri mentioned that, according to World Health Organization (WHO), with a rate less than 5% the epidemic is being controlled.
This difference between what is obtained with mobile teams and with fixed points, he added, makes are still studying the data.
At the national level
For the goverment, the pandemic is currently under control. The positivity rate is 4.7%. Nationally, the cases are 516,430 as of October 28.
Andrea Gómez, epidemiologist, commented that you see a control of COVID-19 cases, but you have to be attentive because in other countries where there has been a high percentage of vaccination, infections have risen due to multiple factors, such as the delta variant, which is more contagious, or due to the decrease in biosecurity measures.
Gómez and a la booster doses in the elderly as a factor in keeping serious cases low.
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On the positivity of the coronavirus, he explained that it has been decreasing but it is variable and added that we will have to wait for the epidemiological result of the holiday.
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