winter progress and influenza further expand influence Galicia. More and more confirmed cases are arriving in Galician health centres, with the number of cases increasing by 90% in the last week alone. Hospitalization Relative to the previous one. This is confirmed by the latest report from the Department of Health, which assesses the situation and outlines trends.grow”, although the spread remains “local.”
According to the announcement monitor The number of cases requiring hospital admission continued to increase in the week ending November 26.Since the start of the season, at the beginning of October, Galician hospitals have notified health authorities of a total of 154 income, the third occurred in the last week of the survey: 55 people in total. Xunta noted in the report that their numbers increased by 90% from the previous week, with the age group concentrated in terms of income being the oldest, followed by the youngest in the house.
old people and children
Therefore, if the admission rate for the entire population reaches two cases per 100,000 inhabitants, in the age group 65 or older the number will more than double (five cases). They said the next targets would be children aged 0 to 4 years old.
According to surveillance reports, all reported hospital admissions are carrying the virus. Type A Two-thirds were of the AH3N2 subtype. Over the past two months, nine patients have required treatment in intensive care units and seven of them have died. It’s thought someone did it because of the flu, which is already the third week of the season – the final week being the eighth.
More primary care cases
Hospitals aren’t just seeing more cases of the flu. Also in primary care, they are seeing more patients and the number of consultations with doctors documenting patients’ conditions has exceeded the baseline intensity threshold for entering phase two: medium intensity. Specifically, visits to health centers increased by 86% compared to the previous week, and this occurred across all age groups and in all provinces, but Sanidade specifically clarified that in the interior areas, Lugo and Ourense.
Immunization
Galicia, on the other hand, continues to see an increase in the number of people immunized. The latest available balance, also dated November 26, shows that 554,946 Galicians aged 60 or older have received the shot as of that day. The coverage rate is 62.14%.
Above average are the regions of A Coruña (566.2%), Santiago (65.5%) and Ferrol (64.3%), while Vigo has the lowest figure, which is usually normal, with 54.5 among the elderly group % of people vaccinated. As always, the oldest people are the most active: 77.2% coverage for those aged 85 and over, and 45% for those aged 60 to 69.
As for children, Sergas has vaccinated a total of 26,156 people, or 37.2% of this group. In Santiago, the immunization rate exceeds 42.5%, while in Ourense it is only 32.2%.