Only five neighborhoods in Fortaleza did not report the death of residents by Covid-19 | Ceará

On the afternoon of Wednesday (13), Fortaleza surpassed the milestone of 1,000 deaths confirmed by Covid-19, according to the latest update of the IntegraSUS platform, of the Secretary of Health of Ceará, carried out at 5:57 pm, the capital of Ceará counts 1,022 deaths, in addition to 13,037 cases of the disease.

In contrast to the neighborhoods with no records of deaths from the disease, Barra do Ceará, Vicente Pizón and Cristo Redentor, lead with 44, 34 and 30 deaths, respectively, totaling 108 records.

The bulletin also highlights that the map of the area of ​​deaths according to the neighborhoods showed the trend of concentration of deaths, mainly in the regions of the Great Pirambu; Barra do Ceará / Vila Velha / Quintino Cunha; Vicente Pinzón-Cais do Porto; São João do Tauape-Aerolândia.

According to the bulletin, the increase in deaths in Regionals 5 and 6, particularly in the neighborhoods Granja Lisboa, Granja Portugal, Bom Jardim, José Walter, Planalto Airton Senna, Mondubim, Jangurussu, Passaré and Messejana indicates a rapid spread of the disease to the two most populated cities. The vast majority of deaths occurred among residents of low and very low HDI neighborhoods.

The epidemiological bulletin also showed that the age group with the highest number of deaths is that comprising men and women over 60 years of age, with 77.7% of deaths. The group over 80 years old reaches 27.8% of deaths from the new coronavirus.

First expansion of the photovoltaic project

The Mayor of Fortaleza, Roberto Cláudio, announced in Live on Wednesday afternoon (13) that a total of 110 patient beds will be opened in Covid-19 during the next week, 56 referring to the new expansion of the Hospital de la Campaña Presidente Vargas in the Benfica neighborhood, and another 54 to the Hospital da Mulher, in the Bairro Jóquei Clube. According to the mayor, this is the first expansion of the FV hospital in relation to the original project of 224 beds, which are already working.

In relation to the Hospital da Mulher, the new beds for the treatment of Covid-19 refer to the unemployed due to the postponement of elective surgeries. “We already have a small unit at Covid that involves 10 ICU beds and 16 nursing beds, but due to the fact that we have canceled elective surgeries that do not require such urgency, it ended up generating an empty space, so we will occupy it with 54 beds starting next Monday (18), “he explained.

On May 8, stricter measures for social isolation were implemented in the capital of Ceará, as announced by the state’s governor, Camilo Santana, and the mayor of Fortaleza, Roberto Cláudio, on Tuesday morning.

Still, open markets like Bairro Pici and Canindezinho contradicted distance rules and generated crowds this Wednesday. (see in the report below)

But according to Mayor Roberto Cláudio, places like Jóquei Clube, Luciano Cavalcante and Salinas had an 80% lower movement than in previous weeks, according to data from the Municipal Authority of Traffic and Citizenship (AMC).