Covid-19 cases are decreasing in the country, according to a bulletin from Infogripe, from the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, released this Thursday 17th. There is a decrease in new cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome due to Covid, mainly in the Central-South Region.
The data refers to the week of October 6th to 12th. The analysis of the bulletin is based on information entered into the Influenza Epidemiological Surveillance Information System.
According to the bulletin, across the country there is a sign of a drop in SARS cases, both in the long term trend – considered the last six weeks – and in the short term, considered the last three weeks. This reduction is due to a drop in cases associated with Covid-19 and rhinovirus in several states. Rhinovirus is the virus that causes most common colds.
The bulletin also shows that the incidence of SARS due to Covid-19 has shown greatest impact on young children and the elderlywhile mortality has been higher among elderly people aged 65 and over.
In relation to the states, only two federative units signal growth in SARS: Mato Grosso and Pernambuco. The only state that records serious cases of rhinovirus, especially among children and adolescents aged 5 to 14, is Pernambuco, which also saw an increase in SARS cases due to Covid-19, mainly in the adult and elderly population.
In the last four epidemiological weeks, the prevalence among positive cases of SARS was 14% Influenza A; 8.3% Influenza B; 5.3% respiratory syncytial virus; 32.1% rhinovirus and 26.7% SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19).
In total, 144,365 cases of SARS have been reported this year, 68,633 (47.5%) with a positive laboratory result for a respiratory virus, 60,146 (41.7%) negative and at least 7,923 (5.5%) awaiting laboratory result.
Among the positive cases this year, 17.9% are Influenza A; 1.2% Influenza B; 37.5% respiratory syncytial virus; 25.1% rhinovirus and 18.9% SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19).
This year, 8,817 deaths from SARS were recorded, of which 4,575 (51.9%) had a positive laboratory result for a respiratory virus. The prevalence among positive cases was 28.7% for influenza A; 13% for influenza B; 9% for RSV; 8.5% for rhinovirus and 52% for Covid-19.
