Eighth record of coronavirus infections in Uruguay and warning from doctors

Eighth record of coronavirus infections in Uruguay and warning from doctors

The Sinae report cites 10,650 new cases and 65,665 active cases throughout the territory, the highest figure since March 2020.

This is the fourth consecutive day of record numbers in the country; on Wednesday there were 9,824 infections and 57,647 active cases; on Tuesday there were 7,182 cases and 49,373 active cases; and on Monday 6,760 new infections and 43,347 people with the disease.

According to the report, there are currently 55 people in intensive care and there were 6 deaths today, bringing the total to 6,211.

Montevideo, Canelones and Maldonado continue to be the most complicated departments, although cases are registered in all of them.

The table gave way to the warning from the SMU, which warned that at the first level of care “it is not being possible to give an adequate response to each person who requires care from the health teams.”

He also warned about the affected health personnel, “contacts that naturally cannot carry out the task, generating problems in the sustainability of the services” and insisted on “the recommendation of vaccination with all the doses available for each population group, especially in health workers. health”.

“We make a call to the population to reinforce non-pharmacological prevention measures, particularly in the vulnerable population: older adults, immunosuppressed and people with comorbidities, as well as the unvaccinated”, the SMU text concluded.

Source From: Ambito

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