Key Points

• The epidemiological situation regarding COVID-19 has been generally stable across the country for nearly two months, as indicated by viral circulation metrics. Hospital metrics, meanwhile, have been stable for more than two months.

• In Week 18, the incidence rate was 145 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, and the positivity rate increased by 1.4 percentage points. The effective R was 1.01, which is not significant and has remained stable since Week 17 (1.05).

• Regarding hospital activity, the number of new hospitalizations across all departments remained stable compared to Week 17. There were no new admissions to intensive care, and no deaths were reported in Week 18.

• Vaccination coverage remains stagnant across the region.