Uruguay registers record Covid-19 deaths in a day; Lacalle Pou extends restrictions until April 30

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Uruguay broke the record of coronavirus deaths on Thursday, April 15, with 79 fatalities registered, bringing the total number of deaths to 1,726, according to the latest balance of the National Emergency System (Sinae).

This is the highest number of daily deaths, after the country reached 71 deaths in one day last Monday.

In addition, the country added this Thursday 4,412 new cases of Covid-19 after 18,835 PCR tests were carried out and reached 32,136 active cases, 508 of whom were admitted to intensive care centers.

Since the health emergency was declared on March 13th, 2020, Uruguay has accumulated 156,499 cases.

At the moment, the department (province) with the most active cases is Montevideo with 14,770, followed by Canelones (south) with 4,870 and Rivera (north) with 1,415.

In addition, all the country’s departments are in the red zone according to Harvard’s index, having accumulated more than 25 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last seven days.

Last Thursday, the general coordinator of the Honorary Scientific Advisory Group (GACH) -which advises the government on the management of the pandemic-, Rafael Radi, said during an extraordinary session of the Central Directive Council of the University of the Republic that they are “starting to worry” about the Covid-19 case fatality rate, which went from 1.1 per 100 to 1.5 per 100 inhabitants.

A day earlier, the President of Uruguay Luis Lacalle Pou, spoke at a press conference to announce the extension, until April 30, of the measures announced on March 23, such as the non-attendance of classes, the closure of free-shops, gyms and sports clubs, and the limitation of bars and restaurants until midnight.

However, he reiterated his intention not to add other rules to restrict mobility. “We ask that, as much as possible, people move as little as possible,” he said.

On the other hand, 36.06% of the Uruguayan population has been inoculated against Covid-19, most of them with the first dose of the Chinese CoronaVac or the US Pfizer vaccine and a considerably smaller group with the second dose.

According to the web monitor developed by the Ministry of Public Health, Uruguay has already inoculated 1,248,629 people, 996,155 with the first dose and 252,474 with the second dose.

Source: Infobae

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