Criciúma reaches five days without registering a death by Covid-19

With the advancement of vaccination and the decrease in the number of infections, the city chrysoma Arrived in five days without registration Deaths from Covid-19 this Sunday (5). On Monday (30), the last death of a 49-year-old woman was recorded in the southern city of Santa Catarina.

Since then there have been no more deaths of criciumenses from this disease. So far, since the beginning of the epidemic, 643 people have lost their lives.

According to this Sunday’s Epidemiological Bulletin (5), the deadliest month with the epidemic was June this year, with 95 deaths recorded. However, in July that number dropped to 35 deaths. August has already ended with 18 deaths recorded by Covid-19 in Criciúma.

The number of falls in Criciúma

In addition to deaths, the number of confirmed cases is declining. In June, 2,815 cases of Covid-19 were confirmed. In July, that number dropped to 1,390 confirmed cases. August has already ended with 559 confirmed cases of the disease.

Currently, in Criciúma, there are 168 active cases. In the city, currently, 16 people are hospitalized. Be 10 in the intensive care unit (ICU). Of the total number of patients in hospital, nine are from Criciúma and seven are from other municipalities.

Since the start of the pandemic, 37,853 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed. 146,653 people have so far received the first dose of the vaccine against Covid-19 in Criciúma. Of these, 73,365 people completed immunization with the second dose. Already 7,181 received a single dose of the Janssen vaccine. So far, 227,197 doses of the vaccine have been applied in the city.