Data from the Directorate of Health Surveillance of the above portfolio indicate that this amount represents an increase of 624 new positives compared to the previous week, when they registered 4,485 patients with this disease caused by the SARS-CoV coronavirus -2 and those reported on April 6. Arrived in Costa Rica March 2020.
They also claim that between the 12th and 18th of this month, 16 people died from Covid-19, just over two a day and a slight decrease compared to the 19 recorded in the sixth epidemiological week of this year.
The report says the daily average of hospitalizations last week was 194, with 181 in the ward and 13 in the intensive care units (ICU).
This represents an increase from the fifth epidemiological week, when the average number of hospitalizations was 184, of which 173 were in the ward and 11 in intensive care, the official report said.
As of May 30, 2022, Salud has not offered a daily report on Covid-19, a fact attributed to the cyberattack that the Costa Rican Social Security Fund – in charge of Costa Rican public health – suffered a day later.
This cyber attack caused serious damage to their digital systems and the provision of their services.
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