The new cases of covid-19 fell again in the last week in Uruguay. Between January 29 and February 4, 2023, 555 cases were registeredagainst 1,129 from the previous weekmeaning a decrease of 50.48%according to the data published this Monday by the Ministry of Public Health (MSP).
However, it highlights that This week there were no deaths from covid-19 In uruguay. It is the first time that this has happened since the Health portfolio publishes the data weekly, and not daily; that is to say, from April 17, 2022.
| latest report on #coronavirus #COVIDー19 in Uruguay corresponding to epidemiological week 5, from January 29 to February 4, 2023 | pic.twitter.com/QOSf6MKYMc
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Between January 22 and 28 the decrease in new cases had been 44.03%, since the previous week (from 14 to 21) 2,017 new cases were registered.
Likewise, according to the MSP data, the last time that a number below 1,000 new cases had been registered was in the week of November 13 to 19 of last year, when 852 were registered. After that, the confirmed cases began to multiply week to week.
In turn, the The percentage of beds occupied by covid-19 in the CTIs also decreased: it went from 2.9% to the 2.0% (CTI bed occupancy for all concepts is 59.6%, therefore it increased slightly).
Finally, positivity fell from 9.5% to 5.5%: 10,133 tests were carried out, against 11,934 the previous week.
