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The District Health Secretariat reported this Sunday that, according to the latest indicators provided by the Ministry of Health and the National Institute of Health, 91.5% (33,654) of patients diagnosed with Covid-19 have already recovered and the 3.6% (1,140) recover at home.
The Administration maintained that the city maintains low hospital uses: Intensive Care Units with a return to uses of non-Covid pathologies and, finally, the temporary lethality indicator continues to trend downward.
They also affirmed that Barranquilla continues to be the territorial entity with the highest number of PCR tests processed: 201,918, that is, 16,800 per 100,000 inhabitants, surpassing important capitals of the country, among which Bogotá, Cali, Medellín, Bucaramanga and Cartagena.
The monitoring currently reports 7.5% positivity, which means that currently 7 out of 100 people studied with suspected coronavirus are confirmed in Barranquilla, after having a positivity rate of 44% in the month of June.
The reports are specific in that the active cases of Covid-19 are concentrated in the North-Historic Center and Riomar towns. The call of the district authorities in these areas is to strengthen self-care and diagnosis. During the month of September, the District said, daily tracking strategies are maintained in these sectors.
The District Health Secretariat stated that it works daily in promotion and prevention activities against Covid-19 in different locations of the city, with emphasis on the North-Historic Center and Riomar locations, identified as areas of lower prevalence and immunity, also in points of social interaction such as parks, restaurants, shopping centers, markets, sports venues, among others.
The district agency reiterated that social gatherings, family gatherings and visits from friends, neighbors and families are one of the aspects analyzed as the greatest risk against the spread of the virus.
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