Undeniable is the fact of the decrease in confirmed positive cases in the last 15 days (260 this Monday) in Ciego de Ávila. It is also - and worrisome - that six municipalities (out of 10) maintain their incidence rate above the average rate for the province, which classifies them as high risk.
Florencia exhibits a rate of 3,039.1 per 100,000 inhabitants; Ciro Redondo, 1736.4; Chambas, 1720.8; Majagua, 1,706.6; Bolivia, 1,473.3; and Primero de Enero, 1 279.1. Figures that require speeding up the pace, and banishing any hint of confidence or complacency, although the airs that are breathed are better. In addition, a little more immune. That of all, Florencia is the only one that exponentially increases its rate (3,039.1 per 100,000 inhabitants) from the increase in positivity.
Regarding the figures for the last 15 days, 4,302 autochthonous cases are accumulated, for a rate of 1,984.3 per 100,000 inhabitants. 1,373 active cases are reported; and this Monday 46 pediatric patients were confirmed: one under 1 year; 14 between one and four years; and 31 from five to 18; figure that has decreased significantly.
According to data provided by the second-degree specialist in Hygiene and Epidemiology and teaching methodologist at the Provincial Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology, José Ramón Artigas Serpa: 437 in institutions (171 suspects and 265 in the confirmed category) and eight remain at home. 335 discharges were reported during the day, 333 in institutions and two in their homes.
“On day 2 301 PCR samples from the territory and 21 from other provinces were processed. Three patients died from COVID, bringing the number of deaths to 654."
A search of previous posts on this page will give you confirmation, if you compare, that the advanced path is noticeable. However, it would not be wise to rub our navels in triumph. We are prevented from doing so by the six municipalities in a high-risk area and, until this September 6, the 49 patients in a serious state of the disease and the 11 critical ones.
Also, a blinking light on an issue as sensitive as the Population Attention System, and the causes and conditions that generated complaints and dissatisfactions: Deficiency of timely information and work system (who attends and who gives an answer). Poor medical care for patients. Lack of communication. Lack of integration between the factors (with emphasis on Morón, Chambas, Ciego de Ávila and the provincial hospitals Doctor Antonio Luaces Iraola and Roberto Rodríguez Fernández).
On the other hand, according to the report of the Provincial Health Directorate, if something has improved precisely that - his health - it has been the investigation that, out of a total of 1,762 contacts this Sunday, yielded 40.2 percent positivity; and 32.4 percent of the suspects. Both percentages speak positively (and here positive is good) of its effectiveness.