Ecuador adds 222 new Covid cases and accumulates 491,185 in pandemic (August 6)

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Ecuador added 222 new cases of covid-19, accumulating 491,185 positive cases during the pandemic, while the vaccination process is advancing, intending to reach 9 million people with full vaccination until August 31, according to the plans of the new Government.

The report details that the number of deaths confirmed by covid-19 reached 22,348, which added 9,426 “probable deaths” with the disease, for a total of 31,774 deaths.

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Regarding the situation in the provinces, the official report specified that Pichincha, whose capital is Quito, accumulated the highest number of infections with 179,661 cases, followed by Guayas, whose capital is Guayaquil, with 68,170 infections.

The Ministry of Public Health reported that three new cases of the delta variant were identified in the province of Pichincha in the previous day.

The variant, closely followed by the authorities, has a national accumulation of 90 cases, with the province of El Oro leading with 60 cases; followed by Azuay 4; Cañar 3, Pichincha 8, Guayas 5 and Manabí 10.

The delta has caused the death of 7 people in Ecuador.

Ecuador launched last January 21 a vaccination plan against covid-19, and it is expected that by the end of August, 9 million people will be immunized, which is equivalent to 60% of the population.

According to this plan and up to August 5, 12,384,109 vaccines have been applied in Ecuador, of which 9,524,743 correspond to first doses and 2,859,366 to second applications.

In Ecuador, vaccines from the U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer, the Chinese company Sinovac and the British company AstraZéneca are being applied.

However, this week Ecuador also received 200,000 doses of the vaccine from the Chinese company Cansino for a single application, destined for human groups in remote areas of difficult access and inmates in prisons.