Record of coronavirus deaths in Uruguay | Advi …

Uruguay recorded 88 deaths from coronavirus this Friday in 24 hours, the highest daily figure since the start of the pandemic. the record takes place at critical moment, with hospitals saturated in Montevideo, as reported in recent hours by local media and the authorities themselves. The initially reported figure was 52 deaths, which also set a record, and the data has been adjusted in the last few hours.

The previous death record was recorded on Monday and Tuesday, with 45 dead. In turn, yesterday, 3,786 new cases were reported and the total has risen to 137,946 since March 2020. The pandemic has already killed 1,363 people..

There was also a record of active cases, with 32,342 people with the disease, and patients in intensive care, with 453.

Uruguay has seen a significant increase in infections, people in intensive care and deaths from covid-19 in recent weeks. The country is currently using China’s Sinovac vaccine, which is 50% effective.

The demand for moderate care beds in the covered areas of hospitals has increased in recent days and the health system in the capital, Montevideo, has been saturated, according to what was reported by the newspaper. The country.

“There are patients at the emergency gates of health centers who wait more than 24 hours to be transferred to hospitals and more than 20 at the gates of hospitals and other places waiting for intensive and intermediate care,” said a doctor. in the morning of Montevideo.

Thursday President Luis Lacalle Pou said the country is going through “the worst times of the pandemic” from the beginning.