The report corresponds to the epidemiological week 1, from January 1 to 7, 2023.
The data indicates that 12,282 samples were processed, of which 1,941 yielded positive results for COVID-19reaching a total of 800,163 infections since the start of the pandemic.
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They also registered 24 deaths from COVID-19, reaching the figure of 19,746 deaths related to the pandemic disease.
The report also includes 167 patients hospitalized for COVID-19, of which 13 were hospitalized in intensive care units.
Based on the data provided, the Dr. Guillermo Sequera, Director of Health Surveillancein the press conference this Friday confirmed that, after the increase registered in recent weeks, in the first week of January there was a drop in infections.
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Making a comparison with the last week of decembera registered 75% decrease in the amount of COVID-19.
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