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According to him 7th Covid-19 report carried out by the Department of Health Policies and Studies of the Medical College of Chile, the tenth week (ended 11-05) has presented a significant increase in new weekly cases of coronavirus with respect to the previous interval.
They also point out that the greatest number of new symptomatic cases are concentrated in the Metropolitan region, Valparaíso, Tarapacá and Bío Bío.
Similarly, they argue that the regions with the highest risk are Tarapacá and Metropolitana, the latter also has an occupancy rate of 90% of the ICU capacity (according to the latest Sochimi report) and an increase in mechanical ventilation requirements by Covid-19 patients.
The text continues mentioning that the confinement has been extended to the lower-income communities, “but to date there has been no relevant social and economic support. This could generate low adherence to this measure by its inhabitants. “
Regarding Antofagasta, the report indicates that thanks to the quarantine in two of its main communes, a decrease in the number of new cases was achieved this week compared to the previous week, but with an increase in ICU bed occupancy, which was expected from the natural history of the disease.
Metropolitan region
It is argued that the current situation in the capital makes urgent “the integration of the Primary Health Care teams, in the isolation and follow-up of cases and contacts”, adding that “at this point it becomes inexplicable not to apply it in a region where the regular threshold for ICU beds has already been exceeded ”.
Along these lines, it is mentioned that “the lack of publication of dynamic information on the pandemic continues to limit the collaboration of relevant actors. The conduct of the Minsal in the face of this has not changed, despite the request of prominent academic groups and scientific societies. “
Covid-19 Social Table Minute
For its part, in the Minute of the Medical College Social Table Covid-19 this Tuesday, it is added that in the Metropolitan region “there are services that have already reached 100% of their critical bed capacity, which should intensify in the coming weeks due to the persistence of the increase in weekly new cases (6916 new cases in week 10 compared to 4515 cases in the previous week) ”.
“The situation at the San José Hospital is particularly serious, where the reconversion of beds promised by the Ministry of Health has not been fulfilled, and there is a crisis in human resources due to a reduction in the payment of assignments to medical personnel without ensuring new hires. “They add.
Meanwhile, regarding the tests carried out, the union indicates that it has been informed of a “collapse in the processing of samples by the ISP and a delay in the processing of samples by the centers for more than 72 hours. The latter has caused the laboratories to reject the samples and this is lost ”.
Seventh Covid-19 Colmed report:
Minute 12/05 Colmed Mesa Social Covid-19:
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