Pablo Sigal
05/27/2021 18:29
Clarín.com
Society
Updated 05/27/2021 6:29 PM
The numbers are not being allies of the wishes.
The part of this Thursday presents a
gloomy picture
, not so much because of the absolute number -which is a record- but because of a data that does not stop growing:
positivity
.
It is close to 34 percent.
And another worrisome data: the therapy beds occupied by Covid reached
6,802.
Obviously, everything is a consequence of the increase in cases, which this May 27 have reached
41,080
.
Also the increase in deaths, which according to the report of the last 24 hours reached
551
, is the product of the large number of infections accumulated during the last month.
This is bad news for the national government and for Buenos Aires.
The first, because his will - according to what emerged in the last hours - was to
end the harsh restrictions
next Sunday.
In the City, because on Monday they intend to resume
face-to-face classes
and here a new chapter in the dispute opens.
Both from Kirchnerism and from the opposition are observing the figures minute by minute and the last known ones
are not encouraging
.
But there is a caveat: today's photo still
does not show the results of this latest lockdown
.
It is the development of a photo that was taken days ago.
Always, in all this panorama, the critical point is the
capacity of the health system
to be able to withstand the demand.
The number of intensive care beds occupied by coronavirus cases has grown in recent times in an unprecedented way, despite the fact that those infected in this second wave are
younger people
than in the first.
On April 1, there were
3,639 ICU beds occupied
by Covid cases.
May 1,
5370
.
Now there are
6,802
.
The difference since the beginning of last month has been
86 percent
.
Argentina is today the
third country in the world
with the most critically ill patients, after India and Brazil.
But there is another data to take into account: the number of cases in the AMBA remains moderately stabilized at high levels, while the greatest growth has been absorbed by some provinces of the Interior: Córdoba registered
4,933 cases
in the last 24 hours
and Santa Fe,
3,542.
This means that the percentage of intensive care beds occupied throughout the country (for all pathologies) is almost the same in the
metropolitan area (77.5)
as in the
rest of the country (76.2)
.
These values are not a record: scheduled surgeries have been postponed and the result can be seen in these figures.
With the cases that I add today, in addition, Argentina has entered the
top 10 of countries with the most infections in the world
, with
3,663,215
, surpassing Spain by 39 cases, which was tenth.
Our country also does not stop growing in the number of cases per million inhabitants.
Last Saturday he was ranked 32nd and now he's already 27th.
It continues to be the country in South America with the most cases per number of inhabitants.
Uruguay is in 30th place and Brazil is in 35th.
In Latin America it is only surpassed by smaller countries or islands, such as Panama, Aruba and San Bartolomé.
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