Paraguay has 100% occupancy of intensive therapy beds

Pintos added that there are, in addition, 92 places outside intensive care for resuscitation and that these are also entirely with patients.

The official said 16 more beds will come into service at the Itauguá National Hospital over the weekend and pointed out that another 42 places have been installed at the Alto Paraná hospital, but that 30 of them were occupied between Thursday and Friday.

Deputy Minister of Comprehensive Health Care Hernán Martínez mentioned that it was possible to resort to a military establishment to receive more patients.

In the second week of March, Paraguay recorded a 40% increase in cases compared to the first week of the same month, said Guillermo Sequera, head of the General Directorate of Health Surveillance.

“If you compare with what it was a month ago, the number of cases that we have per week has practically doubled. There is also a very significant increase in the number of deaths that we have per week,” described Sequera, quoted by the news agency. Paraguayan IP.

He pointed out that the previous week, the record for deaths in September had been broken.

In the seven-day period that ends this Saturday, it will also close with very high numbers, Sequera said, noting that it is very likely that the number recorded in the period between 6 and 13 of this month will be exceeded.

Sequera described that when countries enter an acceleration rate like the one Paraguay is experiencing, the rate continues for two to three weeks.

“Then it can increase by 10%, stay on a plateau for two to three weeks and then hopefully go down again. It’s a bit of the panorama that awaits us in the next three or four weeks in the country.” explained the official Health Surveillance.

Paraguay received the first batch of 36,000 coronavirus vaccines sent by the World Health Organization (WHO) Covax mechanism on Friday, amid criticism from the government for its handling of the pandemic.

The country, which has again suspended face-to-face classes and limited distribution, has recorded more than 190,000 cases and is close to 3,700 deaths since the start of the pandemic, according to the latest report from the Ministry of Health.