Paraguay: Covid-19 Cases - 26,512 cases, 496 deaths

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Source: https://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.p...-a-la-covid-19

Over a thousand positive cases to Covid-19 in Paraguay
Asuncion, Jun 2 (Prensa Latina) Paraguay exceeded a thousand cases of Covid-19 by totaling today's session with 1,113 positives after confirming 18 new patients in 1,272 samples analyzed, health authorities reported.

The Minister of Public Health, Julio Mazzoleni, stressed that this number of samples is the highest since the tets began and the first case, on March 7.

In his daily report, the Secretary of State noted that of the total number of positive cases (18), 15 are from people who came from abroad and the remaining three from contacts with patients with COVID-19.

'The number of internees remains 10, with two of them in intensive care. There were 10 more recovered, bringing the figure to 498. Active cases of the disease thus climb to 504, also taking into account the 11 deaths, "he said.

Sources from the Public Health portfolio (MSP) recalled that initially the curve of positive cases remained as a kind of plateau, 'if we consider that in the first 54 days the highest number of new patients per day was 25 'they stressed.

After the arrival of Paraguayans from Brazil for humanitarian reasons, on May 1 the indicators rose exponentially, although most of the detected patients are in government shelters.

The highest amount recorded in a single day was 126 cases, on May 9, they said from the National Directorate of Health Surveillance (DNVS).

To date, 32 percent of patients have been detected outside the shelters and many of them are asymptomatic, a fact that worries specialists.

On March 7, the first case of Covid-19 in Paraguay was confirmed, and three days after the Government announced the start of the health quarantine. On March 20, the nation's first death from the disease was confirmed.

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1013 cases: https://twitter.com/msaludpy/status/1267856618328395783

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Source: https://www.lanacion.com.py/pais/202...s-en-paraguay/

June 3, 2020 2:33 PM
COVID-19: In total, Health confirms 1,070 cases of the virus in Paraguay

This Wednesday, the Ministry of Health reported that 975 samples have been processed, of which 57 tested positive for COVID-19, 39 from abroad and 10 by contact, 8 without connection, all in isolation. The total number of cases amounts to 1,070 confirmed in the Paraguayan territory.

The report of the Minister of Health, Dr. Julio Mazzoleni, indicates that there are currently 13 people hospitalized due to the coronavirus, 2 of them in intensive care. In his usual Twitter report, he also announced that there are 13 new recovered, thus adding 511 people who overcame the virus in the country.

Since the confirmation of the first case of COVID-19, 33,081 tests were carried out in the country. On May 25, the second phase of the smart quarantine began, which will last until June 15. In the framework of this phase, the Minister of Health called on the public not to drop their guard in the fight against COVID-19.

Health authorities ask citizens to take the necessary preventive measures to continue advancing in phases, taking into account the latest cases without a registered link that represent a danger for the evolution of stages.

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Source: https://www.laprensalara.com.ve/nota...o-mil-86-casos

5:27 PM
Paraguay maintains control over COVID-19, only one thousand 86 cases

Eduardo Soteldo | THE PRESS of Lara.- In Paraguay a control is maintained on coronavirus infections, reporting only 16 infected in the last 24 hours, after the Ministry of Health bulletin this Thursday, which represented a rise to 1,086 of the total cases, one of the lowest in the Latin American region.

In the part of this Thursday it was specified that eight cases are imported, six by community contact and two without connection. All remain in isolation, according to the statement.

Regarding confirmed cases, the health authority detailed that 564 cases are still active and 511 people have recovered.

Paraguay ranks behind Uruguay as the country with the fewest confirmed cases in all of Latin America, and it is also among the best positioned with respect to deaths, accounting for 11, a lower number than Uruguay and only ahead is Panama than until Wednesday totaled ten, according to Infobae data.

The Government's control and monitoring works have allowed the country to control the spread of the virus, in a region such as Latin America that has become the epicenter of the virus, with maximum expression in Brazil, Peru, Chile and Mexico, which number almost one million. of infected.

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Source: http://www.paraguay.com/nacionales/d...ovid-19-195353

05 June, 2020 | Nationals
Auspicious day, a single positive from Covid-19
Out of 1,018 samples taken, a single positive case of Covid-19 was detected. However, Health urges citizens not to relax, after a disturbing week with what was seen on the street.

The Health Minister, Julio Mazzoleni, reported that of 1018 samples taken, only one positive case of coronavirus was detected by contact.

The samples taken were 92 percent in the community and 8 percent in shelters.

However, the Minister urged citizens not to let their guard down, as it ends a very disturbing week due to the increase in cases without a link, those infected in the community.

In addition to the lack of awareness of the citizens by not respecting social distancing and non-compliance with the measures imposed by the Government.

To date, Paraguay has 1087 positive coronavirus cases, 511 recovered and 11 deceased.

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Source: https://www.infobae.com/america/agen...r-segundo-dia/

Paraguay registers a drop in active cases of coronavirus for the second day
By Newsroom Infobae
June 6, 2020

Asunci?n, Jun 6 (EFE) .- The Paraguayan Ministry of Health reported this Saturday the recovery of 16 people infected with coronavirus, with which the number of active cases falls for the second consecutive day and stands at 547 positives, a total of 1,090 positives registered since March 7.
The laboratories of the Ministry processed 1,115 samples this Saturday, of which three were positive, two of them by contact and a third of a person from abroad, and all are in isolation.
Currently, Paraguay has 10 infected hospitalized and two of them are in intensive care, according to data from the Ministry of Health.
With the 16 recoveries this Saturday, the data on active cases shows two days down, after the upward trend in infections started in late May.
The Health Minister, Julio Mazzoleni, stated this Friday, in his weekly press conference, his concern about the 70 community cases registered this week, corresponding to phase one, and which the Government attributed to the relaxation of part of the population in the compliance with social distancing and other health restrictions.
Mazzoleni warned of the risk that the virus will spread throughout the country and that cases will begin to shoot simultaneously.
Given this situation, the Executive will study over the next week whether to authorize the change to phase 3 of the "smart quarantine", scheduled for June 15, or extend phase 2 a few more weeks.
Mazzoleni was in favor of this option and urged his compatriots not to let their guard down, because the next few days "are going to be crucial."
Paraguay registered its first case of coronavirus on March 7, in a citizen returning from a business trip in Ecuador.
Just a few days after that positive was known, the Government decreed a partial quarantine that was later tightened with a total quarantine with which the Executive sought to save time to strengthen the health system and prevent the collapse of hospitals.

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Source: https://www.lanacion.com.py/pais/202...45-en-el-pais/

COVID-19: 10 new cases confirmed and the total amounts to 1,145 in the country
June 8, 2020 1:19 PM

The Ministry of Health processed 1,410 samples, among which it detected 10 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. The total number of confirmed patients amounts to 1,145 in Paraguay.

In his usual report on Twitter, the Health Minister, Julio Mazzoleni, confirmed that 7 of the new cases come from abroad and 2 from contacts, all in isolation. A single case with no link is reported.

Likewise, he reported that there are 8 boarding schools, 2 of them in intensive care. He reported that there are 28 new recovered, totaling 603 people who overcame the virus in the country. The deaths are 11 since the start of the outbreak last March.

Continue with sanitary measures

From Public Health they urge the population to comply with the general measures of promotion, prevention and protection such as hand washing, physical distancing, use of a mask, not sharing items for personal use, avoiding sharing mate or terer?, among other actions to continue advancing in the containment of the disease.

Dr. Adriana Amarilla, director of Health Promotion, pointed out that there is a crucial fact to advance to phase 3 at this time: comply with all health protocols. "Adherence to the protocol is crucial to keep moving forward. Regardless of what happens now or in the coming weeks, it is for our own lives, "she said.

The professional stressed that "the coronavirus is the one that sets the agenda, beyond going through a phase or not, we are going to live, survive or progress the day we understand that this is not a myth, that it is a reality, that He is an invisible enemy, but not invincible. "

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Source: http://spanish.xinhuanet.com/2020-06/10/c_139127741.htm

There are 1,187 COVID-19 cases in Paraguay after 42 new confirmed cases
Updated 2020-06-10 08:41:07 | Spanish. xinhuanet. com

ASUNCI?N, June 9 (Xinhua) - This Tuesday, 42 new cases of the new coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) were confirmed in Paraguay, bringing the total number of those infected to 1,187, the South American country's health minister reported. , Julio Mazzoleni.

The official explained in this regard that one of them came from abroad, while 38 had contact with known cases and three have no apparent connection, all of whom are in isolation.

Likewise, it reported on the recovery of a patient, thus totaling 604, while the number of deceased remains at 11 on the 91st day of confinement of the Paraguayan population.

Through his official Twitter account, the Secretary of State shared the usual data update report, noting that a total of 1,090 samples were processed on the date, of which 1,048 were negative.

Regarding the situation of active patients, he indicated that eight remain hospitalized, two of them in intensive care, and the rest are in home isolation and in shelters enabled by the Government of Paraguay.

Regarding the incidence by sex and age of those infected, he commented that 68 percent corresponds to the male population and 32 percent to the female population, where the predominant age is 20 to 29 years with 502 confirmed.

He also reported that of the total number of confirmed cases at the country level, some 754 were detected in shelters and 433 within the community, with this statistic being the Central department with the highest record of 150 infected.

The Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare of Paraguay reported on Tuesday that it received a donation consisting of video laryngoscopes and laryngoscopes from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO / WHO).

This is a total of 100 teams, of which the video laryngoscope will guarantee the safety and effectiveness of the intubation, thus helping to strengthen the quality of care in intensive care units for severe cases of coronavirus, the report states. .

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Source: https://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.p...os-de-covid-19

Paraguay closes the day with 15 new confirmed cases of Covid-19

Asuncion, Jun 10 (Prensa Latina) The Paraguayan health authorities reported today the detection of 15 new cases of Covid-19 out of a total of 67 thousand samples examined in the laboratories.

Of the positives, 11 are people from abroad, in addition to four who were infected by contact with previous cases.

To date, 401 thousand 702 samples of suspects of the disease caused by the new coronavirus have been analyzed, of which one thousand 202 were positive.

The average age of the patients is 29 and the death toll remains at 11, said sources with the Ministry of Public Health (MSP).

The head of the health portfolio, Julio Mazzoleni, confirmed 15 new people recovered from the disease, to add 619.

In the latest expanded report, the MSP notes that there are 44 children ages zero to nine, and 50 seniors who are ill with Covid-19.

Currently, most of the active cases outside the shelters are located in the departments of Paraguar?, Alto Paraguar? and Central and in Asunci?n with very low numbers compared to the first two territories.

The text of the report indicates that the largest community outbreak is in San Roque Gonz?lez, Paraguar? city, where there are 63 active cases, which arose after the visit of an infected military man who worked in Ciudad del Este, to visit his parents in that town. .

The Health Surveillance Directorate recalled that the military participated in various social gatherings, which generated massive contagion among his friends, neighbors and family to create a chain of transmission by contact.

As a result, San Roque Gonz?lez was ordered to return to phase zero - total confinement -, with the aim of containing the spread of the virus.

In the rest of the districts of the Paraguar? department, phase two of the health quarantine continues.

Salud recalled that the return to phase zero implies the non-circulation in that specific territory, unless it has an express exception for essential services or for matters of extreme necessity: buying food, medicines or going to medical centers.

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Source: https://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.p...-ya-suman-mil- 230

28 new cases of Covid-19 reported in Paraguay and now number 1,230
Asuncion, June 11 (Prensa Latina) Paraguay reported 28 new positive cases to Covid-19 today after examining 1,590 samples in laboratories in the last 24 hours, an official source reported.

In his daily report on the situation of the pandemic in the country, the Minister of Public Health, Julio Mazzoleni, also highlighted that the total number of those infected amounts to 1,230.

Eighteen of the 28 validated patients correspond to Paraguayans from abroad, while a dozen of them are through contacts, the secretary of state said on his Twitter account.

He assured that there were no infected infected without a link and that those recovered added another five to reach the 624 people out of danger.

There are eleven internees, two of them still in intensive care. The number of active cases is 595, said the head of the Health portfolio.

Observers recalled that the country is assuming its 93rd day of confinement with the population in a measure of waiting and waiting for the decision that the Executive will announce tomorrow, Friday, June 12, if it advances to phase three of the 'smart quarantine', with greater flexibilities to preventive social isolation.

Since March 11, the day that total isolation began, Paraguay has exhibited 1,230 confirmed cases, 11 deaths, 624 recovered and 595 active cases.

The Ministry of Public Health (MSP) described the number of cases per contact as alarming, which increased significantly in recent weeks.

Those figures, said the MSP specialists, will be decisive when deciding the advance towards phase three.

Although it was said that for that stage only groups from the same family nucleus would be allowed to attend gastronomic venues, the Deputy Minister of Health, Juan Carlos Portillo, said Thursday that he could also allow coworkers.

Portillo pointed out that the numbers indicate that measures could be passed to phase three of the intelligent quarantine on Monday, June 15, but emphasized that the protocol is not yet ready.

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Source: https://www.ip.gov.py/ip/reportan-24...s-en-paraguay/

They report 24 positive cases and there are 1,254 those infected by coronavirus in Paraguay
June 12, 2020

Asunci?n, Agencia IP.- The Ministry of Public Health reported 24 positive cases of coronavirus this Friday, bringing the number of infected persons to 1254 since the start of the pandemic in the country last March.

The latest report of the Minister of Health, Julio Mazzoleni indicates that of the 1840 samples analyzed in the last 24 hours, 24 cases were positive for coronaviruses, of which 18 are from abroad and six by contacts, all in isolation.

There are ten hospitalized patients, of whom two are in intensive care and with the nine new patients recovered, the number of patients who have overcome the viral picture increases to 633.

Mazzoleni announced this Thursday the move to the third phase of the smart quarantine that will take effect from Monday, June 15.

Only San Roque Gonz?lez de Santacruz is the only district with total decline due to existing contacts and positive cases. While the departments of Concepci?n and Paraguar? will remain in phase 2.

While the rest of the sanitary regions will advance to the next phase, maintaining precautionary measures to avoid the spread of the virus.

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Source: https://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.p...as-en-paraguay


Seven positive cases of Covid-19 and one more deceased in Paraguay
Asunci?n, June 15 (Prensa Latina) The Paraguayan Ministry of Public Health reported today the detection of seven positive cases of Covid-19 and one more deceased, one month after the last fatality was reported.

Sources from the health portfolio mentioned that a total of 648 samples were submitted to laboratory tests in the last 24 hours and that the validated patients number 1,296.

A new hospitalized patient was reported and 23 medical discharges were granted, with which the total number of recovered reached 673.

With the death announced by the Minister of Public Health, Julio Mazzoleni, at a press conference this Monday at the L?pez Palace, in this capital, the country has recorded 12 deaths from Covid-19 since May 13, when it was reported the last.

The deceased, 53 years old, came from Lambar?, Central department, and entered this weekend at the National Institute of Respiratory and Environmental Diseases. His death occurred just at the beginning of phase three of intelligent confinement.

The patient also suffered from a basic disease (high blood pressure) and obesity, said the secretary of state, after a meeting of the Council of Ministers, the sources said.

Mazzoleni recalled that the intelligent quarantine in itself "represents a progression of assuming certain risks, but clinging more than ever to the sanitary control measures that were designed: physical distancing, the use of masks and hygiene," he said.

"Although the numbers favor us in relation to the region, now there is a different phenomenon compared to a month ago: today there are more confirmed cases outside than inside the shelters," said the minister of the health portfolio.

"And that means taking much more care with responsibility and with respect for the sanitary protocols used so far," concluded the headline.

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Source: https://www.ip.gov.py/ip/paraguay-re...6-recuperados/


Paraguay registers seven new cases of coronavirus and 26 recovered
June 16, 2020

Asunci?n, Agencia IP.- The Health Minister, Julio Mazzoleni, in his daily report reported that 1,249 samples have been processed, of which seven were positive for covid-19, bringing the cases to 1,303.

Of the new cases, one is from abroad and six by contacts, all in isolation.

In addition, nine inpatients are registered on the date, two remain in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

The outstanding fact is that there are 26 new recovered, thus adding 699 people who overcame the disease; and 12 have died.

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Source: https://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.p...19-en-paraguay

There are five other positive cases of Covid-19 in Paraguay
Asuncion, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) Paraguay's Minister of Public Health, Julio Mazzoleni, confirmed today the detection of five positive cases of Covid-19 after submitting laboratory tests to 1,200 samples in the last 24 hours.

In his daily report on the situation of the pandemic in the country, released this Wednesday through his Twitter account, the headline pointed out that of the positive quintet, three patients returned from abroad and two are from previous contacts, 'de this way the total number of infected from last March to date amounts to 1,308 '.

The Health Minister argued that across the country, nine people are hospitalized for Covid-19 pictures, one of them in intensive care.

In addition, the balance of this Wednesday mentions that 12 patients recovered, bringing the total of healthy people to 711.

The number of deaths from coronavirus in Paraguay reached 13, with a couple of deaths in the last two days, after a period of one month without deaths.

On the other hand, Mazzoleni reported that the purchase of some 550 thousand kits to test the coronavirus is planned, which gives a margin of three months for sampling.

Currently? Health sources stated-, supplies are guaranteed for only 15 days and the purchase will be made by way of exception, through international organizations that work with certified companies.

Explained the head of Public Health that despite open contracts with state supply companies, they cannot supply the supplies at this time due to high world demand.

Then, purchases will be resorted to by way of exception and through international organizations such as the Pan American Health Organization or the United Nations Development Program, which work with certified companies and can guarantee the provision of inputs' he pointed out.

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Source: https://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.p...19-en-paraguay

22 new positive cases of Covid-19 detected in Paraguay
Asuncion, Jun 18 (Prensa Latina) After analyzing 1,471 samples, Paraguay registered 22 new positive diagnoses of Covid-19 today, 15 of them by contact, four without links and three from abroad, the health authorities reported today.

With these 22 positives, the number of confirmed cases in the country has risen to 1,330 since March 11, when quarantine began throughout the national territory, said the Minister of Public Health, Julio Mazzoleni, in his daily report on the situation of the pandemic and that is spread by the social network Twitter.

The new positives assume the isolation stage. Eleven people remain hospitalized, one in the Intensive Care Unit and six patients entered the list of those recovered to file 717 people who have expired Covid-19, said the secretary of state.

Sources in the health portfolio recalled that since the start of the pandemic, whose first case of Covid-19 was confirmed in early March, only 13 people died.

Since last Monday, 15 of the 17 departments of the country have assumed the third phase of the intelligent quarantine, which designed a gradual relaxation of the restrictive measures of circulation and commercial, gastronomic, cultural or recreational activities adopted by the Government to control the transmission of the disease.

On the other hand, the National Intelligence Secretariat, in support of the Ministry of Health, reported that a total of 271 Paraguayans completed the 15 days of mandatory isolation on Thursday and will leave the shelters to return to their homes with their families.

The vast majority of them from abroad and assumed their quarantine in hostels in the Central department and Pedro Juan Caballero, capital of the department of Amambay.

According to the protocol, all of them were subjected to the Covid-19 test and the results in their entirety are negative. It's a great day, wrote the executive coordinating minister of the Inter-institutional Unit for Prevention and Combat of Smuggling, Emilio Fuster.

Fuster for a few weeks has been the spokesperson in charge of announcing the departure of the compatriots from the various hostels in Central and Pedro Juan Caballero.