The latest wave of covid-19 cases is likely coming to an end in the city of Rio of January, according to the assessment of the municipal secretary of Health, Daniel Soranz. The last death from the disease recorded by the city hall was on the day November 24th?? After reaching a peak of 4,166 new cases on the day November 19thconsidering the seven-day moving average, registrations dropped to 945 on the 29th, four times less.
The highest number of serious cases – 37 – was reported on the 15th. Since then, records have been falling. Only one case of greater severity was registered in the to haveTuesday (29), the date of the last data released on the municipal panel. The test positivity rate has also dropped from 30% to 25% two weeks ago.
“The curve of cases of covid-19 in the city of Rio of January showed an increase for four sustained weeks and we can say that this was the third wave of the disease in the year 2022. Fortunately, in the last two weeks, we see the number of cases falling again and, mainly, the number of hospitalizations . Which shows that, most likely, we are coming out of the third wave, which was quite short and much smaller than the others, but which deserves attention”, said Soranz.
In this fourthOn Thursday (30), 152 people were admitted to public hospitals in the municipality, a number that went from 200 last week, and that has been falling every day. Hospitalizations in intensive care units (ICUs) are around 60. In comparison, at the peak of the 2021 wave, in May, the Rio de Janeiro capital reached to have more than 760 patients admitted to ICU beds. This year’s record was registered in January (363).
The secretary warned that hospitalized patients were those who did not finish their vaccination schedule. According to him, 1.2 million people are able to take booster doses, but have not yet sought health posts.
Vaccination
Soranz also said that he met, this fourth(30), in Brasília, with representatives of the Ministry of Health and the Transition Cabinet and asked that a new shipment of the Pfizer Baby vaccine be purchased soon, to complete the vaccination of children up to 4 years old. Like the city of Rio of January received less than 10,000 doses of immunizer formulated exclusively for the age group, priority was given to the application in children with comorbidities.
According to the most current data from the City Hall’s Covid-19 Panel, 76.2% of adults in the capital have already received the first booster dose, but only 37.5% have been immunized with the four doses offered to the population so far. adult in general. Among children, 85% of those between 6 months and 4 years of age did not receive any dose and only 63% of those aged 5 to 11 years were fully immunized.
