(Shanghai War Epidemic Record) The number of positive infections in Shanghai is rising, fluctuating at a high level, and the number of severe patients is rising
China News Service, Shanghai, April 24 (Reporter Chen Jing) At the press conference on the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in Shanghai held on the 24th, Zhao Dandan, deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission, said that some time ago, Shanghai Daily News The number of newly infected people, especially the newly infected people in the society, is gradually decreasing.
But the situation is still grim, with daily new additions in a state of high volatility.
In some construction sites, enterprises and other clustered epidemics have risen.
On the 23rd, Shanghai added 1,401 local confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia and 19,657 local asymptomatic infections; 39 new local deaths were reported, with an average age of 78.7 years and a maximum age of 98 years old. The direct cause of death was an underlying disease.
All 39 patients had severe multi-organ chronic diseases, and none of them had been vaccinated against COVID-19.
According to Zhao Dandan's analysis, from the analysis of recent epidemic data, the proportion of newly reported positive infections found outside closed-loop isolation and control has gradually decreased, and they are generally found in closed-control areas, control areas, and centralized isolation points; from the absolute number , the number of new infections on the 23rd fell by more than 1,700 cases from the 22nd.
In response to the gathering situation of construction sites and enterprises, the prevention and control departments at the city and district levels will further strengthen the "quartet responsibility", strengthen health monitoring and personnel screening, do a good job in environmental disinfection in relevant areas, and strictly implement personal protection measures.
Zhao Dandan pointed out that recently, among the positive infected people in Shanghai, the number of severe and critically ill patients has increased, and the positive infected people with underlying diseases, especially the elderly, are at higher risk of severe illness or even death.
Eligible seniors are urged to get vaccinated as soon as possible, he said.
Zhao Dandan pointed out that according to the promotion model of zoning and grading testing, Shanghai will continue to carry out zoning and grading "antigen + nucleic acid" combined screening.
The basic principle of controlling infectious diseases is to control the source of infection, cut off the route of transmission, and protect susceptible populations.
If there is relatively widespread transmission in the community, large-scale nucleic acid screening must be done to quickly find out the positive infected people from the crowd, and then play a role in controlling the source of infection.
At the same time, nucleic acid detection is a very important work in epidemic prevention and control. It can effectively identify and manage the source of infection, cut off the transmission route, protect susceptible groups, and maximize the health and safety of the people.
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