From the Departmental Directorate of Health of Salto it was reported yesterday that Salto is with 21 active cases, of which 20 treating the disease at home and one case was admitted to moderate care. Yesterday, 2 cases received epidemiological discharge, but on the other hand, 9 positive tests were received, of which 6 correspond to contacts of existing cases and three are being traced and traced the corresponding contacts.
IT IS CALLED TO KEEP MEASURES
The population is asked that, given the increase in cases in the country and department, all those who are waiting for a result must comply with isolation, the lack of it carries legal sanction. It is requested to reduce the circles of social contact, the time of meetings, the permanent use of masks, physical distancing, ventilation and hygiene. Without using restrictive measures in social mobility, personal prevention is the only tool to reduce the increase in infections. You are encouraged not to attend events or social activities to avoid crowds.
COUNTRY: 519 NEW CASES AND 6 DECEASED
The National Emergency System (Sinae) released a new update report on the situation of the coronavirus in Uruguay on Wednesday. 7,410 analyzes were carried out, 519 new cases of Covid-19 and six new deaths were detected.
They are two patients from Canelones, 64 and 79 years old, and four patients from Montevideo, 55, 64, 73 and 99 years old. So far there are 174 deaths. As of today, there are active cases in the 19 departments: specifically, there are 5,310 people with the disease throughout the country. The positivity rate (the number of positive tests over the total number of tests performed) fell from 9.20% this Tuesday to 7% this day.
74 IN CTI
With regard to people admitted to intensive care, the record number reported on Monday with 74 ICC patients remains, while there are no hospitalizations in intermediate care for this disease.
