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The Ministry of Health reported 3,022 cases of Covid-19 in the last day, the highest number since mid-July, and 109 deceased persons registered in the Department of Health Statistics and Information (DEIS).
Of the 3,022 infections, 2,036 of them are with symptoms and 873 asymptomatic, for a total of 608,973 cases since the pandemic began in the country, of which 14,638 remain in an active stage of the virus.
From the official records, the last time we exceeded the barrier of 3,000 cases was on July 12, with 3,012 infections and that, according to the Minister of Health, Enrique Paris, explained that “although they are high figures, both in the total number of cases and in the number of deaths, It is a phenomenon that has an explanation for the holidays of Christmas”.
“During the Christmas holidays the Civil Registry did not register all the deceased and, in addition, fewer PCR tests were done, therefore, we report fewer cases. Today, as we have done a greater number of PCR tests, we can detect 3,022 new cases, “he said.
It was also indicated that in the last week at the national level the variation of new confirmed cases was 7 percent, and a 30 percent in the last 14 days. Meanwhile, on the last day there were 42,570 PCR tests.
Daily balance # COVID-19
🔹 3,022 new cases
🔹 2,036 cases with symptoms
🔹 873 asymptomatic cases
🔹 113 not notified
🔹 608,973 total cases
🔹 14,638 assets
🔹 577,382 recovered
🔹 109 deaths registered (16,608 in total) pic.twitter.com/2zk0s0stuF– Ministry of Health (@ministeriosalud) December 31, 2020
Regarding the number of deaths, the Minsal reported 109 registered deaths, reaching a total of 16,608 deaths in the country.
Finally, with regard to intensive care units, there are currently 766 people hospitalized (with an increase of almost 100 people in one week), of which 579 are on mechanical ventilation and 63 of them in critical condition.
Possible approval of Sinovac vaccine
This day the second round of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine arrived, with 11,700 doses that will be directed to health people in the regions, which could be added to this is the Sinovac vaccine that could eventually be approved in the country.
Alexis Kalergis, director of the Millennium Institute in Immunology, explained that “in relation to the Sinovac vaccine, it is a vaccine based on inactivated viruses that in general has a very good safety pattern, it is more difficult for virus variants to be generated in all molecules , the immune response generated by a vaccine based on inactivated virus is a little more comprehensive, because it recognizes all the elements of the virus “.
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