Delta variant already has 100% representation. The most positive cases are unvaccinated, the situation is slightly worsening – Interez.sk

The epidemiological situation in Slovakia continues to increase slightly. Currently, there are approximately 70 PCR confirmed cases per day, with children under 16 currently accounting for approximately 18 percent of cases.

The delta variant dominates with practically 100% representation in the sequenced samples at approximately 180 sequenced samples per week. TASR was informed about this by the spokeswoman of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic Zuzana Eliášová.

80% of cases are unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated

In the last two weeks, 80 percent of cases have occurred in people who have not been vaccinated at all or are not fully vaccinated. The seven-day incidence in Slovakia is approximately ten.

The positivity of tests (both PCR and antigenic) is also growing, with the average seven-day positivity exceeding one percent for the first time since the second half of June (with an average of 6,000 tests per day). The highest positivity was in the districts of Banská Štiavnica (6.4 percent), Myjava (6.1 percent), Revúca (3.5 percent) and Stropkov (3.2 percent).

Countries with the worst situation

Income, discharge and the number of patients in hospitals remain stable (since mid-July). The number of non-vaccinated people over the age of 50 has fallen to around 806,000 people with significant regional differences in vaccination coverage in this at-risk population. Vaccination at the age of 50+ with at least the first dose is 59.2 percent. The total vaccination rate with at least the first dose is 42.5 percent.

Within Europe, the most significant case growth is currently in countries such as Kosovo, Albania, Bulgaria, Switzerland and Serbia. Neighboring countries with Slovakia have a slight increase in cases, most notably in Austria, where the seven-day incidence has risen from 40 to more than 60 in a week.

Matej Mišík, Director of the Institute of Health Analyzes of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic, noted that from Monday, August 23, from the point of view of the COVID machine, there will be 67 districts in the monitoring level and 12 districts in the alert level. “The deterioration occurred in Banská Štiavnica, Kežmarok, Levoča, Stropkov and Vranov nad Topľou. And to improve the green, ie the monitoring, in the district of Košice surroundings and Stará Ľubovňa, ” added Mišík.

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