According to the latest statistics of the Superior Institute of Health (ISS), in this last evaluated period, the positivity rate decreased to 0,6%, 0,2 percentage points lower than that observed from February 29 to March 6, while the transmissibility index (Rt) rose to 0,84, still below the epidemic threshold.
The bed occupancy rate in general hospital wards also fell from 1,8 to 1,4 percentage points, with only 880 patients admitted for the disease, and 28 seriously infected patients in intensive care occupying only 0,3% of the beds.
The percentage of reinfections is 43,0%, while the most widespread variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is the Omicron JN.1, with 61,5% of patients infected as a result of infection with this virus.
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