Uruguay recorded daily death toll from coronavirus

The country of 3.5 million people has a total of 108,188 cases since the declaration of the health emergency in March 2020, and almost 60% were registered in the last 90 days.

The sustained increase in infections is endangering healthcare in public and private hospitals across the country, where 42% of intensive care beds are occupied by coronavirus patients.

According to the report of the Uruguayan Society of Intensive Medicine, until Thursday there was 70 percent total occupancy of intensive treatment units.

However, President Luis Lacalle Pou was reluctant to toughen existing measures to restrict mobility, arguing that your government does not believe in “a police state”local media reported.

In this context, 20% of the population has already been vaccinated with the first or second dose of CoronaVac or Pfizer since the start of the vaccination campaign on March 1.