July 23, 2022, 9:45 PM
July 23, 2022, 9:45 PM
The new cases of Covid-19 registered, this Saturdayin Santa Cruz there were 851, reported the Headquarterswhich clarifies that during the weekend the laboratories that process diagnostic tests do not work at full capacity.
Santa Cruz de la Sierra has 87% of infections, according to Headquarters, which also reports that the positivity rate is 34%. In other words, out of every 100 tests, 34 are positive for the coronavirus.
It is reported that 39 patients are in intensive care rooms, of which 15 are connected to a respirator. The recovered patients, meanwhile, reach 1,056.
This Saturday, 1,617 people received their anticovid vaccines. For Sunday 24, Headquarters enabled 16 immunization points.
The head of the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI), Dorian Medina, quoted by Headquarters, asked parents to take advantage of the extension of the holidays schoolchildren to vaccinate their children since, the target group of 5 to 17 years old, has little coverage with the complete scheme of the three doses against Covid-19.