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The governor of Piauí, Wellington Dias (PT), published a decree that determines the curfew in the entire state, between 11 pm and 5 am, as a way to combat the covid-19 pandemic. The new rule will go into effect at midnight on Wednesday and will be in effect until March 4.
“We are publishing a decree with new restrictive measures in Piauí. We are living one of the most critical moments of the pandemic in our state, with high occupancy in clinical beds and in the ICU (Intensive Care Unit)”, justified the governor. on social media.
In addition to the curfew, Dias also proposed other restrictive measures, such as only running essential activities on weekends. Schools may operate in accordance with health protocols, but “they should not have face-to-face classes on Saturdays.”
According to the decree, the supervision of the determined measures will be ostensibly exercised by the state and municipal health surveillance, with the support of the Military Police, the Civil Police and the Municipal Guard, and with the collaboration of the Federal Police, Federal Highway. Police and Federal Public Ministry.
“I understand that all of us have been in this sacrifice for a long time, but we are reaching a very advanced level of disease. We are also working to increase the number of beds [destinados à covid]”Dias noted.
The occupancy of ICU beds for covid reached 93% in Teresina, capital of Piauí, last weekend, according to the Municipal Health Foundation, of the total of 113, 105 were occupied.
Covid-19 numbers
Today (23), Brazil presented the third highest moving average of deaths from covid-19 in the entire pandemic and the second highest in 2021. In the last seven days, the average number of deaths caused by the disease was of 1,095. The data come from the consortium of press media from which Twitter It is part, based on information relayed by state health departments.
Today, the country has completed 34 consecutive days with a moving average of deaths from covid-19 above 1,000, the longest sequence in the entire pandemic.
Of the regions, only the North fell (-16%) after days of stability in a row. Northeast (39%) and South (37%) had acceleration. Midwest (13%) and Southeast (-7%) were stable.
Piauí has so far registered 171,032 confirmed cases and 3,274 deaths from the disease, according to an epidemiological bulletin released by the state’s Ministry of Health. (See more details in the box below)
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