Uruguay records 913 new cases of covid-19 and four deaths

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Montevideo, 20 Mar Uruguay recorded this Sunday 913 new infections of covid-19 on a day in which four people with a diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus died, according to the daily report of the National Emergency System (Sinae). Of the 7,598 analyses that were carried out during the day, 913 showed positive results, so Uruguay reached a cumulative number of 875,313 cases since the declaration of a health emergency in the South American country due to the appearance of the first cases on March 13, 2020. Of this total, 10,256 are people who are suffering from the disease and 48 of them are in intensive care centers (CTI). On the other hand, on this day there were four fatalities, so the total number of deaths from covid-19 increased to 7,138. Uruguay is facing its second wave of covid-19 after the arrival of the omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus was detected in December, which increased the number of infections and deaths from the disease. Regarding vaccination, according to the web monitor developed by the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) until 5.20 pm (20.20 GMT) this Sunday, 2,825,521 people (79.75% of the population) completed their immunization schedule of the Chinese pharmaceutical companies Sinovac, Anglo-Swedish AstraZeneca and American Pfizer with two doses. In addition, 142,918 people were inoculated with the first dose alone, while 2,126,161 received a booster dose. CHIEF scr/laa