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04/20/2016
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Increase in cases was identified in all regions of the country
State Agency Wilson Dias / ABr
trend is that the number of cases continues to increase (Photo: Wilson Dias / ABr)
Brasília - The number of deaths from H1N1 has increased by 50% in a week. Bulletin released on the morning of Tuesday, 19, the Ministry of Health, with data gathered until 9 shows that 153 people died as a result of complications caused by this subtype of influenza virus.
In the previous balance, the recorded figure was 102 deaths. The pace of increase in cases of infection was similar. In one week, the records of patients with the disease rose from 686 to 1,012, equivalent to 47%. A case is imported from France.
The increase in cases has been identified in all regions of the country. Southeast follows first, with 758 cases reported - 37% increase over the previous release. In the South, 133 cases were identified, 95% more than identified last week when 68 infections had been recorded. In the Midwest there were 71 cases, and in the Northeast, 33 North presents 16 records infections.
Of recorded deaths, 103 were identified in the Southeast. São Paulo alone accounted for 91 deaths in the region. In the South, there were 18 deaths - Ten Santa Catarina, six in Rio Grande do Sul and two in Paraná. In the Midwest, it was recorded 17 deaths. The highest record of deaths occurred in Goiás, with nine cases.
Technical Communicable Disease Surveillance say that the figures presented in the report, although scared at first, follow the expected profile of the epidemic. The trend is that the number of cases continues to increase.
The fact that some states have early influenza vaccination among risk groups, assess, is not enough to stop the epidemic cycle in such a short period. The vaccine begins to have protective effects two weeks after application.
Also, the primary goal of vaccination is to prevent the number of severe cases, complications and deaths. Such impact, complete, begin to be noticed in the coming weeks, when vaccination coverage among vulnerable groups and increase the group already begin to have greater protection against the influenza virus.
Source: State of Minas
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