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The Ministry of Health stresses that the capacity of the Madrid’s community In order to carry out PCR, it has increased “notably” over time, until it has reached 20,529 diagnostic tests, and it also recognizes “numerous interventions” in residences, all of which are “covered” by “habitual” healthcare.
However, he advises the Madrid Ministry of Health to continue strengthening Primary Care, especially in the service deployed over the weekend, and calls for a greater effort to identify close contacts of suspected cases.
This is reflected in the report prepared by the state Public Health department that validated last Friday the pass from the region to the Phase 2 of de-escalated, as requested by the autonomous Executive.
In the document signed by the director general of Public Health, Pilar Aparicio, it is emphasized that Madrid is the most “densely” populated autonomy and “very high” connectivity, factors that may favor a high rate of contagion of the coronavirus and therefore require “special consideration”.
The Ministry of Health confirms a trend of the “descending” contagion curve with a “low” virus circulation level, presenting a cumulative incidence in the last 14 days of 21.4 per 100,000 inhabitants, less than 35.88 of the previous report.
“Progressive decongestion”
In this line, it specifies that the pressure of Covid-19 in hospitals has fallen from 17.6 percent in the first report to 4.6 percent in conventional beds and, in terms of critical beds, it has dropped from 42 .7 percent to 16.3 percent.
“The levels of general occupation also show a progressive decongestion of the health system, which reflects the continued decrease in the curve of the epidemic,” highlights the Ministry.
In addition, it certifies that the early detection system for possible cases in Primary Care continues in force, with organizational and operational changes 24 hours a day. Coordination plans have also been developed between the different levels of care with social health centers to respond to the epidemic.
In terms of human resources, he underlines that the Community of Madrid has strengthened its capabilities with 826 personnel in Primary Care, more than 100 Public Health technicians, known as Covid trackers, and more than 100 professionals at other levels of care.
One of the aspects analyzed is the situation of the nursing homes, which in the evaluations of the first requests to Phase 1 generated allegations by the State Executive.
Now, in the 475 centers in the region, the report explains that in the last 14 days at least one case has been registered in 29 of them, although “numerous interventions” have been carried out with mechanisms for activating and coordinating resources. “All the residences are covered by the usual health care in the Primary teams that maintain a routine follow-up”, he highlights.
Regarding preventive measures, Public Health appreciates that the diagnostic capacity and early detention have been consolidated, which is reflected in “acceptable” early diagnosis indicators.
Strengthen the weekend
“Suspicion rates remain stable and the performance of PCR has increased with a reduction in the proportion of positivity,” concludes the Ministry, stressing that an average of 1,329 suspected cases were detected the week prior to the report sent by Madrid. daily, having performed 88.6 percent of cases and 1.1 percent positivity. All of them, in addition, with home monitoring.
However, it emphasizes that the suspicion rate decreases in a “pronounced” way on weekends, a phenomenon also appreciated in other autonomous communities. Despite the fact that the indicators of diagnostic delay do not seem to be affected, the Ministry of Health advised that the strategy of “strengthening” in Primary Care continue “especially on weekends and holidays”.
At the hospital level, an average of 3,199 suspected cases have been detected per day and 100% of the PCR has been performed, with a “considerable” reduction in positives from 71% to 1.3%, possibly related to “the reduction circulation “of the Covid-19 in the region.
Due to its ability to carry out PCR, the General Directorate of Public Health influences the increase in volume in Madrid, going from 10,977 units to 15,529 and then progressing to 20,529 diagnostic tests to detect coronaviruses.
To date, the report reveals that there are more than 2,000 contacts of suspected cases, although there is room for improvement in the proportion of cases for which close contacts have been identified, and therefore recommends “increasing efforts made with the study and monitoring of contacts. “
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