Uruguay records 1,647 new cases of COVID-19 and 7 deaths

Montevideo, Uruguay On the day of the death of 7 people diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus on Tuesday, March 15, recorded 1,647 new COVID-19 infections, according to a daily report from the National Emergency System (Sinae). Of the 11,164 analyzes carried out during the day, 1,647 had positive results, so Uruguay saw the appearance of the first cases on March 13, 2020, reaching a cumulative 867,282 cases since the declaration of a health emergency in the South American country. Of these, 9,474 suffer from the disease, and 65 of them are in intensive care centers (CTI). On the other hand, the number of deaths on this day was 7, so the total number of deaths due to COVID-19 has increased to 7,110. Uruguay is facing a second wave of Covid-19 after the discovery of an ohmicron mutation of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in December, which has led to an increase in the number of infections and deaths from the disease. Regarding vaccination, 2,809,810 people (79.31% of the population) completed their vaccination schedule by taking 2 doses of the Chinese pharmaceutical company Anglo-Swedish AstraZeneca Sinovac (Sinovac), according to a web monitor developed by the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) until Tuesday at 18.27 hours (21.27 GMT) and American Pfizer. In addition, 156,285 people received only the first dose, and 2,097,880 received a booster dose.