Health reports 30 new deaths from COVID-19 among people aged 38 to 102

The Health Department reported this Thursday 30 new deaths from COVID-19 among people ages 38 to 102, according to the agency’s preliminary report.

The total represents a record in that line because it is the first time that the agency reports 30 deaths from the virus in the same day., since the emergency began on the island, confirmed the spokesperson for Health, Lisdián Acevedo.

This number raised to 274 the number of deaths that have been recorded on the island so far in January. as a result of the recent wave of infections caused by the omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The island is currently averaging 13 deaths per day.

The agency detailed through a tweet that 11 of the deceased were not vaccinated, 16 were only vaccinated with two doses, and three had received their booster dose.

However, the agency stated that Victims of the virus suffered from chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and kidney disease.

30 deaths are reported due to COVID-19. The deceased between the ages of 38 to 102 years had chronic diseases. Diabetes, hypertension, cancer, cardiovascular and kidney diseases are the pre-existing conditions that prevail. pic.twitter.com/A6egV7ZWAH

– Department of Health of PR (@desaludpr) January 20, 2022

The local Department of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and various scientific studies indicate that vaccination with a booster dose is necessary to prevent deaths or serious symptoms from the omicron variant of the virus.

The two-dose series offers protection once morest COVID-19, but it is not enough to prevent severity in immunocompromised patients or those with previous chronic diseases.

On the other hand, the agency reported that total hospitalizations for the virus stood at 860, figure broken down into 798 who are adult patients and 62 pediatric.

Yesterday, biostatistician Rafael Irizarry pointed out that the drop in hospitalizations coincides with a decrease in infections among older adults, which, he said, has been seen for regarding a week.

Hospitalizations for COVID in PR have finally stopped rising. This is confirmed by the fact that cases among those over 65 are going down.

Remember that deaths take a few days to follow the pattern. The week ending January 15 was the first in the entire pandemic with more than 120. pic.twitter.com/aqkBqoU7K5

— Rafael Irizarry (@rafalab) January 19, 2022

While the preliminary positivity rate stood at 29.35%, which means that 29 out of 100 tests for the SARS-CoV-2 virus are positive. A 29% positivity rate had not been registered since last December 29, according to the Health BioPortal. The statistic continues to decline since last week.

The demographics of deaths, breakdown of hospitalizations, positivity rate and average positive cases will be expanded at noon, when Health publishes its full report on the incidence of the virus.

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