Covid-19 transmission speed increases in Belo Horizonte and returns to yellow level – Rádio Itatiaia



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Photo: Adão de Souza / PBH
Adão de Souza / PBH

The City Council will announce this week whether or not to close the city’s trade, depending on the figures.

The RT, an index that measures the transmission speed of covid-19, rose to 1.06 and returned to the yellow level in Belo Horizonte, according to a bulletin released by the mayor’s office on Monday (4). In the previous balance, published on Thursday (31), that number was 0.97. According to experts, ideally it is below 1.

The occupancy of specific ICU beds for covid-19 is 80.5% and remains at the red level. The occupancy rate for the rooms is yellow, at 64.4%.

The city will announce this week whether or not it will close the city’s commerce. Last Wednesday (30), Mayor Alexandre Kalil declared that if the monitoring numbers of covid-19 in the municipality do not decrease, only essential activities will be disclosed.

BH has already recorded 1,895 deaths from the new coronavirus. There are 64,530 cases and 59,363 people recovered.



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