Covid-19: How the peak of infections impacts intensive care and what role vaccines play | More than 60% of the internees do not have the complete guideline

In this sense, they shared the latest numbers from the health context: the average number of positives jumped from 2,500 cases to 7,500, with peaks of 12,000. The famous R, contagion rate, stood at 1.3 (when ideally it is below 1) and the occupancy level of intensive care beds reached 10.7 percent.

For this reason, the authorities decided to shorten the interval between the second dose and the booster.

On the other hand, the President of the Argentine Society of Intensive Care, Guillermo Chiappero, confirmed that, although until now the occupation of the beds remains stable, they are “beginning to regulate the hospitalizations” to “free up beds” and thus have them available in case the assistance of patients with covid is required.

Chiappero reported that “as of December 13, the 61 percent of patients admitted to intensive care did not have a complete vaccination, that is to say they did not have any or only one dose. “

“We are not going to tire of advising that the population should be vaccinated,” concluded the specialist, in statements to TN.

According to official information published by the Ministry of Health, there are currently 1,572 patients with coronavirus admitted to Intensive Care Units: nationwide, the occupation of adult beds in ICUs for all pathologies, both in the public sector and private, rises to 37.5 percent, while in the AMBA that number reaches 38.7.

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