Despite the decrease in cases, positivity is above average, as well as occupancy in hospitals.
In Quito, 217,826 cases of Covid-19 have been registered since the pandemic began, in 2020. The capital continues to be the city with the most infections in the country and until -on January 18, 2022- it was declared in Red alert for him rise.
However, it is currently in Orange alert, then, according to data from the Ministry of Health, there is a considerable decrease in positive cases; although hospitalizations and positivity are still above what is recommended, to establish whether the pandemic has been controlled.
In terms of weekly positivity percentage, since 2022, Quito has remained above 50%. In the third week of January, positivity reached 60.2%. That is, up to 6 out of 10 PRC tests have been positive.
In terms of infections, the most critical week was the first of January when there was an increase of 9,208 new cases, a 94% increase compared to the last week of 2021. The authorities have highlighted that they corresponded to the celebrations for the Fiestas de Quito and New Year’s Eve.
While in the second week there was 7,473 and for the third it was 1,735; that is, 5,838 less from one week to another.
Occupation in hospitals
The occupation of hospital beds for patients with COVID-19 it is 84%, in general. This breaks down into: 76% in establishments of the Ministry of Public Health (MSP), 93% in the rest of the Public Network (IESS, Issfa, Isspol) Y 66% on the Complementary Private Network.
Likewise, the occupation of beds for the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) intended for patients with covid is in a 73%.
The occupancy percentage for the ICU is found with the following distribution: 67% in establishments of the Ministry of Public Health, 74% in the rest of the Public Network and 56% in the Complementary Private Network.
La cobertura de vacunación contra la covid en Quito es del 93%.
Authorized hospitals
In Quito, the hospitals for the care of patients with coronavirus are: The South Quito Hospital, of the IESS, which supports cases that reach the Hospital Carlos Andrade Marín (HCAM), which, given the increase in infections, performs the 80% of care in the outpatient area is carried out by telemedicine.
The face-to-face attention in this space is for the specialties of oncology, infectology, hematology, neonatology, high risk obstetrics, pulmonology and transplants.
While from the Ministry of Health there are the hospitals: Pablo Arturo Suárez, who on January 19, 2022 pointed out that “the outpatient services, as well as specialty care, scheduled and emergent surgeries, hospitalization, rehabilitation, diagnostic tests, dialysis, care in an obstetric center and neonatology they were not suspended”.
The Pablo Arturo Suárez was the only health establishment of the MSP that received patients, but since the third week of January 2022, the Calderon Teaching Hospital joined the contingency plan to deal with cases of covid. The Enrique Garcés General Hospital has also been activated, with six critical care posts. And the Hospital of the Armed Forces, known as Military Hospital, is added.
While in the private network, seven -out of 12- serve patients with Covid: International Clinic, Pasteur Clinic, Hospital Metropolitano, Hospital Vozandes, Novaclinica, Hospital de los Valles, Northospital.
triage
MSP patients access a PCR test after a medical check-up that establishes that the diagnostic test is necessary. The entire process is free and the check-up is carried out in health centers that in turn refer the patient to take the test.
For its part, in the IESS there are 15 points triage in all sectors of the city
While the Ministry of Health also maintains more than 20 suit points for free PCR tests. free triage. (AVV)
El grupo etario con menos vacunación son niños de 5 a 7 años con un 65,3%.
