According to the epidemiological bulletins of Public Health, in January, 133,780 cases of covid-19 were identified, being the highest number of infections recorded in a month since the start of the pandemic.
According to the entity’s reports, the highest peak of infections was reported last Wednesday the 12th, when 7,439 people affected with the viral condition were detected.
However, despite the circulation of the omicron variant at the national level, new cases of the disease maintain a downward trend.
This was reported by the head of the General Directorate of Epidemiology (Digepi), Ronald Skewes, noting that the country is approaching a plateau phase due to the decrease in the rate of infectivity and positivity of the virus.
Indicators
The daily positivity that reached 44.48, in the last report of the coronavirus corresponding to January, stood at 18.78 percent.
While the accumulated one that exceeded 30 percent, closed at 28.54.
About the active cases that in the second week of the month reached 40 thousand 948, now they are about 5 thousand 944.
hospital network
The occupancy of regular beds was at 40 percent, however over the days it decreased and is currently at 16 percent, with 382 used of the 2,373 available.
Likewise, the capacity of Intensive Care beds maintains a sustained decrease, although it is still at 30 percent, with 178 occupied out of the 585 enabled.
As for ventilators, their use exceeded 30 percent in the middle of the month, but with only 106 patients connected to the 469 distributed to health centers to guarantee assisted breathing, the percentage dropped to 23 percent. .
The deaths
With 61 deaths reported in the month that has just ended, deaths due to the disease rose to 4,310.
However, the fatality rate did not undergo major changes and always remained low.
According to the authorities, hypertensive patients continue to be the people with the highest risk of dying from covid-19, since 23.48 percent of those who have died since March 2020 suffered from comorbidity.
vaccination
With the extension given by the governing body of health to put into effect the requirement of the third dose, the attendance of people in the vaccination centers begins to decrease.
One of the inoculation stations that receives more individuals is the one set up in the Karate pavilion of the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center, however, their presence began to decline after the institution announced that the resolution that limits the entry of supermarkets, banks, and other public places comes into force on February 21.
As of January 31, 1,948,527 people have received the third shot of the serum that counteracts the effects of the viral condition.
