The day with the highest number of infections so far was May 21, when 4,604 were registered.
Today there was a single death from coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths since the first cases were announced to 6,181.
According to Sinae, there are 17,854 active cases in the country and 27 people are in critical care centers.
Of the 5,330 new cases, 2,203 are from Montevideo and 969 from Maldonado (where Punta del Este is), the two areas with the highest number of cases.
Since the health emergency was declared on March 13, 2020, 4,488,971 tests have been processed and 425,436 positive cases have been registered, with 401,401 already recovered.
Meanwhile, the Army reported that there are 35 confirmed cases of coronavirus among Uruguayan blue helmets deployed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and another 15 soldiers awaiting swab results.
The force’s spokesman, Pedro Gómez, told the El País newspaper site that all the cases are asymptomatic and that the entire battalion has the three anticovid vaccines: two doses of Sinovac and one of Pfizer.
The cases are registered at the base in the city of Goma, where President Luis Lacalle Pou and Defense Minister Javier García spent Christmas.
Source From: Ambito
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