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The municipalities of Central Sertão, gives Northern regiondo East Coast we do Cariri presented, this week, reduction in the number of confirmed cases and deaths from Covid-19. The information, contained in the epidemiological bulletin released on Thursday (22) by the Secretary of Health of Ceará (Sesa) was highlighted by the executive secretary of Surveillance and Regulation of the portfolio, Magda Almeida.
“The municipalities and centralized areas that we were concerned about last week, this week showed an improvement in the indicators, both in relation to the reduction of deaths and in relation to the number of cases. most exciting scenario“says Magda Almeida.
According to the document, the East Coast had the largest reduction in the period: 41.5% fewer confirmed cases. In Cariri, the drop was 22.3% and, in Sertão Central, the drop was 12.5%. The lowest reduction was registered in the North Region, 1.2%.
The new bulletin published this Thursday by Sesa also notes a increase in number of cases in the Fortaleza Health Region, which, according to Magda, warns about the care that the population must maintain.
“We observe an increase in the number of confirmed cases in Fortaleza and the Fortaleza Health Region. This reminds us that we are still in a pandemic. That we cannot forget the respiratory etiquette measures, the use of a mandatory mask. , to avoid crowds, to maintain social distance, because unfortunately the pandemic is not over, “he says.
According to the secretary, the city of Crateús, in the interior of the state, which had been showing an increase in the number of cases and deaths from Covid-19 in the previous week, has already begun to show a decrease in the indicators in the new bulletin.
Crateús, which was one of the municipalities about which we raised concerns in the last bulletin, has shown improvement in the indicators and it is interesting to note that Crateús has followed the recommendations of the secretariat, so that the RT-PCR tests be expanded ”. , reinforces.
Increase in Strength
The Health Region of Fortaleza, the sum of the capital of Ceará and 43 other municipalities, registered a 72% increase in the number of new confirmed cases of Covid-19, in an interval of seven days, according to the epidemiological bulletin of Sesa released this Thursday. (22). There were 743 confirmations between October 10 and 17, an average of 106 per day.
The number of deaths from the new coronavirus (Sars-CoV-2) has also increased: eight deaths were registered in the last week, 33.3% more than the previous week. In all of Ceará, only the Fortaleza Health Region showed an increase in confirmed cases in the period, according to Sesa. In fact, it is the one that concentrates the highest number of cases and deaths in the entire period of the pandemic, with 107,692 confirmations and 5,854 lives lost.
The moving average of confirmed cases in the area grew 16% in relation to epidemiological week 40, from 94.9 to 110.4. The moving average of deaths fell 54% in the same period, going from 21.7 to 10.
In addition to the Capital, the municipalities that make up the region are: Aquiraz, Eusébio, Itaitinga, Apuiarés, Caucaia, General Sampaio, Itapajé, Paracuru, Paraipaba, Pentecost, São Gonçalo do Amarante, São Luís do Curu, Tejuçuoca, Acarape, Barreira, Guaiúba, Maracanaú, Maranguape, Pacatuba, Palmácia, Redenção, Aracoiaba, Aratuba, Baturité, Capistrano, Guaramiranga, Itapiúna, Mulungu, Pacoti, Amontada, Itapipoca, Miraíma, Trairi, Tururu, Umirim, Uruburetama, Beberibe, Cascavel, Chorozinho, Horizonte, Ocara, Pacajus and Pindoretama.
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