The epidemiological report issued daily by the Departmental Health Service (Headquarters) establishes that the number of people infected by Covid-19 increases again in the department.
After the 176 cases registered yesterday, this Saturday, May 21, it was reported that new cases reached 178.
This digit it’s worrying for the health authorities, taking into account that on weekends the attention in the laboratories where the tests are carried out decreases.
It is striking that all of those infected correspond to the Santa Cruz capital, since figures are not recorded in any of the other 14 provinces of the department. In this sense, the rate of positivity of the disease reaches 11%.
Likewise, the Headquarters announced that on this day No deaths from the virus have been reported.while the number of patients recovered from the virus is 99.
In that sense, the authorities ask the population not to lower their guard and complete their vaccination schedule against the virus, in order to avoid further complications of the disease.
On this day, the authorities indicated that 1,837 people were immunized against covid-19.
To the date you have 69% of the population with the first dose, 57% with the second dose12% with the third dose or booster dose and 1% with the fourth dose.
