The Ministry of Health confirmed the death of five people who were detected with the Delta variant of the coronavirus. This variant has 60% more transmissibility in relation to the original strain.
Deaths due to this variant were confirmed after an epidemiological and genomic analysis, prepared by the National Institute for Public Health Research (INSPI) and Health.
Two of the deaths were registered in Guayas, while three deaths are from El Oro; provinces in which the Delta variant was detected in ten people.
According to the technical report, most of the deceased had aggravating illnesses, such as diabetes, hypertension and rheumatoid arthritis, which made their health worse.
To prevent the spread of this variant, the authorities raised an epidemiological fence and made contact with the relatives and close people of the five deceased.
While the rest of the five patients who tested positive for the variant remain stable and remain isolated, the State letter explained.
He also reported that in Machala, El Oro province, the vaccination process was accelerated in order to increase immunity coverage in the population, after detecting the circulation of the Delta variant of Covid-19.
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