Uruguay has overtaken Brazil and is the country in South America with the most coronavirus deaths per million population

The health situation of Uruguay it just keeps getting worse. According to the University of Oxford, became the South American country with the most deaths by coronavirus for every million inhabitantss over the past seven days, beating Brazil. And overall, it ranks just below Hungary, Bosnia, Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Bulgaria and Montenegro.

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According to data from Oxford University’s Our World in Data website, his rate went to 14.85 deaths per day per million inhabitants, while that of Brazil is in 14.59.

If the ranking is taken into account world, is in position number six, behind Hungary, with more than 25; Bosnia Yes Herzegovina, with more than 23; North Macedonia, with nearly 20; Bulgaria, with 17, and Montenegro, with more than 15. Below, Slovakia, Poland and the Czech Republic.

According to a report by the Uruguayan Society of Intensive Medicine (SUMI) on CTI profession, cited by the Telam Agency, there are 491 patients with covid in intensive care, which represents 52.5% of the total beds, and the total occupancy (more versatile covid) amounts to 79.1%.

The President of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pouannounced on closing of all public offices except essential services, the suspension of public performances, the closure of gymnasiums and free shops at the border, as well as the suspension of parties and social events.

In principle, the validity was until Monday, but the restrictive measures they were extended until April 30.

According to the national coordinator of collective medical assistance institutions, So far, there have been no cases of “omission of assistance” in this table, as there were additional measures between institutions. But he warned, in dialogue with Informativo Sarandí, that, according to the projections of mathematicians, “by the end of this week, there will be no more beds available” in the intensive care units, he said. he says. Telam.

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The country records 144,642 infected since the start of the pandemic, Y 1462 deaths, but since the beginning of this year, it shows a noticeable increase in positive cases in its 19 departments.