Only in the first two weeks of November, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, the number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 drastically increased. In epidemiological week 44 (October 30 to November 5) 4,368 cases of coronavirus were registered, while in week 45 (November 6th to 12th) cases skyrocketed to 18,799, an increase close to 430%.
The Secretary of State for Health (SES) confirmed this Wednesday, 16, the information. According to the Secretariat, there was also an increase in the positivity rates of the exams in this same period. Youantigensintensified in 25% to 32%, and the tests of RT-PCR, from 18% to 30%.
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More information on the increase in cases of Covid-19 in Rio de Janeiro
The flu syndrome consultations made in the UPAs (Unitsof Emergency Services) went from 573 to 693, which represents an increase of 21%.
already the demandperbeds for treatment from the Covid-19 increased of 28 unitsintensive care units (ICUs) and 23 wards for 37 ICUs and 46 wards in theweeks 44 to 45. A frequencyaverage of calls jumped in 7 to 12 per day.According to the SES, the average in requests it's still fine bottomto the recorded in the most moments critics of the pandemic in the state.
“In the last wave caused by the Ômicron variant in January and February of this year, the daily average of bed requests reached 177, including ward and ICU. AND at thepeakfrom thewave caused by the Gamma variant, in March 2021, this daily average reached 422 requests”, said the SES.
According to data from MonitoraCovid-19, from the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), the seven-day moving average for registering cases in the state of Rio de Janeiro went from 650, on November 7th, to 2,658 on the 11th of the same month. The only good news among all this is that the number of deaths is not keeping pace with the growth of new cases. The moving average has been less than four deaths a day since the first day of November.
Due to the information presented in this article, it is worth mentioning the importation of vaccination in the control of deaths from the disease. This is because, as the data itself proves, despite the growth in cases, the number of deaths is lower than expected.
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