Panel SA: Einstein and HCor see increase in new Covid cases

The Einstein and Hcor hospitals again recorded a rise in the number of patients with confirmed cases of Covid-19.

Hcor says it has recorded an increase in the number of confirmed cases after weeks of decline. In the last fortnight of April, the institution claims to have gone from an average of seven daily consultations of cases of flu syndrome in the emergency room to 40 occurrences per day.

The rate of positive tests for Covid-19 went from 3.3% in March to 8.7% in April. For the hospital administration, the increase was expected due to the two holidays, Easter and Tiradentes. In the latter, there was also the celebration of Carnival, with parades and the departure of blocks.

“It is important to note that we are not even close to the number of cases recorded at the height of the pandemic. Today, we have one patient hospitalized with Covid-19, while in March 2021, we had 166”, says, through a note, the infectologist and Hcor’s quality and safety superintendent, Pedro Mathiasi.

Vaccination coverage, he says, has also guaranteed milder symptoms, which eliminates hospitalization.

Einstein recorded similar growth. The test rate with a positive result was 8.2% in the epidemiological week between April 24 and 30. During this period, 4,255 tests were carried out, of which 348 were infected with the coronavirus.

A month earlier, between March 20 and 26, the percentage of positive tests in the hospital had been 3.7%.

The hospital says it considers that it will be essential to monitor the positivity rate between exams this week, when the 15th day of the Carnival holiday is completed. “To understand if it will continue to grow and evaluate possible impacts that this increase could cause in the current context of the pandemic”, says the institution, in a note.

Joana Cunha with Andressa Motter, Fernanda Brigatti and Paulo Ricardo Martins