COVID-19 prevalent in Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome cases
Cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) among adults are slowly decreasing, according to the InfoGripe Bulletin released on Thursday (Jan. 5) by Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz). The reason is the decrease of COVID -19 aggravations in the states of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.
In the other Brazilian states, Fiocruz has confirmed the interruption of the growth trend, but in 11 of the 27 states in the country still an increase of cases in the last six weeks has been recorded.
Researcher Marcelo Gomes points out that the possible impacts of year-end celebrations cannot yet be observed in this bulletin, which included data processed until January 2, referring to the last epidemiological week of 2022.
" If close contacts during such celebrations really had an impact, it can only be confirmed in cases associated with hospitalizations starting next week."
According to the bulletin, in the last four epidemiological weeks, hospitalizations for infection with the Sars-CoV-2 virus, causing COVID-19, still account for 78.3 percent of cases. Among deaths 96.1 percent have been caused by Sars-CoV-2.
