Santo Domingo, Dr.
When the World Health Organization (WHO) warns that the very contagious Delta variant of COVID-19 can dominant in the coming months, epidemiological resources have shown that it was circulating in the Dominican Republic, detected in samples taken last June.
Delta was first identified in India and, as of yesterday, had been detected in 124 territories. In addition, the new variant was reportedly detected in the latest samples sent by Dominican health authorities to foreign laboratories, including the CDC in Atlanta and Brazil.
Delta joins other variants of the Covid-19 virus in the past detected in the country, adding gamma, first detected in Brazil and Alpha from the United Kingdom. However, the Brazilian variant is lately the main variant in the country.
The Ministry of Public Health has requested a press convention today, directed by Minister Daniel Rivera, as well as the presidents of specialized medical companies, to announce the effects of the samples taken from the Variants of Covid-19 detected in the country.
The facility had sent 80 samples to the CDC in Atlanta to verify or rule out the flow of new variants into the country. Backs will be provided at a press convention called at 10:00 a. m. at the headquarters of the Ministry of Health.
Yesterday, according to foreign press reports, who warned that the highly contagious Delta variant of Covid-19 was dominant in the coming months.
The report notes that of the other 3 coronavirus variants, Alpha, first detected in Britain, noticed in 180 territories; The beta version, first detected in South Africa, in 130 and Gamma, first detected in Brazil, in 78.
The provinces where they had been known were Greater Santo Domingo, namely, in Santo Domingo East and the National District, La Altagracia, in the east of the country, and Espaillat, in the northern region. At the same time, the variants correspond to countries such as Belgium, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and two of the United States, but they come with the recently known one in Washington Heights, New York, where a giant network of Dominicans lives.
Subsequently, the Epidemiology government pointed out the detection of variants and explained that the sequenced samples analyzed in laboratories in Brazil and CDCs in the United States were taken between March 1 and March 27 of this year. On this occasion, 54 sequenced samples were sent, of which 29 variants were known and 24 variants were isolated, two of which were of public aptitude or of epidemiological interest, and 3 variants of concern, such as p. 1 (from Brazil) in the provinces of Dajabón and Mirabal sisters, and B. 1. 1. 7 (British) in San Cristóbal.
The total number of samples processed was 4,148, with a daily positivity of 11.72% and in the last four weeks is 11.88%.
Occupied beds
The hospital bed profession for COVID-19 represented 27% of the beds to have, while 246 patients entered the extensive care unit (USI) for a 39% profession and 31% of fans. Yesterday, the formula brought another 51,521 people with active viruses, which means that they were positive, of a general of 338,291 instances recorded since the pandemic began.
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