Diagnostic tests confirm the upward trend in the center and south. Paraná (46%), Minas Gerais (43%), Rio de Janeiro (38%), Federal District (38%), São Paulo (35%) and Goiás (34%) have the highest percentages of positive coronavirus tests. The data comes from the Todos pela Saúde Institute, which combined results from laboratories Dasa, DB Molecular, Fleury, Israelita Albert Einstein Hospital, Hilab, HLAGyn and Sabin.
For the first time since December, Brazil recorded a percentage of positive tests of more than 35%. It reached 36% between February 4 and 10, compared to 20% in the first week of the year. “The period analyzed does not yet include Carnival, which could lead to a greater increase in positivity,” the institute says.
Covid care increased by 31% at 69 Rede D'Or hospitals in 13 states and DF. The survey was conducted from February 11 to 17, compared to the previous week, from 4 to 10. “Cases increased from 119 to 156,” the network said in a note. “São Paulo accrues almost half of the total, with 48.7% of diagnoses.”
At Einstein in São Paulo, the increase was 44%. Comparison between the week of January 28 to February 3 and the week of February 4 to 10. “We went from 378 positive cases to 545,” he says in a note.
Children and the elderly suffer more
In 2024, 43% of Brazilians aged 0 to 2 years will have some respiratory disease. -like flu A, influenza B, and respiratory syncytial virus. Data from Fiocruz, this rate is 91% among people over 65 years of age.
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