Rio has 24 hospitalized patients with COVID in SUS family

Rio has 24 inpatients with COVID-19Marcos Porto

Posted on 11/21/2021 12:42 | Updated 11/21/2021 1:22 PM

RIO – On Sunday, the city of Rio registered 24 patients with COVID-19 in the capital’s SUS network beds. There are 20 ICU’s and 4 from the ward, one of them is for children. Busy beds are in hospitals run by the state and the federal government. In city council units, there are no patients with COVID-19. Data are from the Rio Municipal Health Administration’s Hospital Census (SMS).

Most occupied beds fall into the federal grid (17). It is distributed as follows:

– INI Fiocruz: 8 occupied beds and 3 occupied infirmary

– University Hospital Clementino Fraga Velo (UFRJ): 4 occupied beds

Federal Hospital for State Employees: 1 ICU bed occupied

– Martagão Gesteira Pediatric Institute (UFRJ): one bed in the pediatric ward is occupied

In the state network, there are 7 covid ICU beds occupied at Pedro Ernesto University Hospital (Uerj).

The massive vaccination campaign continues on Monday

The Ministry of Health released, Saturday, (20), in Cidade das Artes, in Para, Massive vaccination campaign against COVID-19. up to 26, health centers in the country will focus on applying the second dose to those who have not yet taken it. About 21 million Brazilians are able to get it. In Rio, this figure is about 600 thousand.

The Minister of Health, Marcelo Quiroga, and the Minister of Health of the Municipality of Rio, Daniel Soranes, take part in the campaign launch event. “This Saturday is very important for the city,” Sorans said. “We hope to vaccinate about 100,000 people this coming weekend. We have more than 6,000 health professionals mobilized.”