Alarm in Uruguay: 1,000 active cases of Covid exceeded for the first time

Uruguay reported that this Thursday November 26 1,022 active cases of coronavirus -with 129 recorded in the last 24 hours-, which means a new record for the country and the first time that figure has exceeded 1,000 since the start of the pandemic.

This progressive increase in infections generates concern of the Uruguayan authorities facing summer who is coming. While they continue with closed borders Yes they will not allow the entry of foreign tourists, is feared for a internal contagion.

In addition, one new death was reported in the latest toll, so the total figure since the start of the pandemic is 74 deaths.

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“Currently there are 1,022 active cases, i.e. people who are suffering from the disease, 11 of them are in intensive care and none in intermediate care,” reported the National emergency system (Sinae) in its daily report, the news agency repeated Sputnik.

The previous highest number of active cases was yesterday, with 992 people suffering from the disease. The Sinae recorded 129 new cases so far, the second highest number of daily infections, after reporting 136 last Sunday.

“Regarding the epidemiological trace, in the outbreaks already reported there is a new epidemic in a residential area of ​​Montevideo. In all cases, the contacts have already been identified and strict epidemiological monitoring is maintained, ”said Sinae.

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Since the health emergency was declared on March 13, Uruguay processed 416,093 tests and recorded 5,117 positives, of which 4,021 have already been recovered.

Of total confirmed cases, 501 correspond to health personnel; 437 of them have already recovered, 62 are suffering from the disease and two have died.

Anyway, Uruguay is one of the countries least affected by the pandemic coronavirus even with neighbors like Argentina and Brazil where COVID-19 has killed thousands and infected.

EuDr