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Epidemiological Update: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) (18 September 2020)

Actualización Epidemiológica: Enfermedad por coronavirus (COVID-19) (18 de septiembre de 2020)

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2020-09-18
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Since the 26 August PAHO/WHO Epidemiological Update on COVID-19 and as of 15 September 2020, the five countries/territories in the Americas for which there was a ≥200% relative increase in the number of cases are: Curacao (357%), Guadeloupe (299%), Trinidad and Tobago (254%), the British Virgin Islands (214%), and Jamaica (200%). Those with the greatest relative increase in the number of deaths were Trinidad and Tobago (331%), Belize (280%), and Aruba (233%). Between 22 August and 15 September 2020, the countries/territories that modified their COVID-19 transmission classifications based on increased intensity of COVID-19 transmission were: Curacao and Saint Martin (changing from sporadic cases to community transmission) and Guadeloupe, Jamaica, and Martinique (changing from clusters of cases to community transmission). [...]
 
En el periodo comprendido entre la última actualización epidemiológica publicada por la OPS/OMS el 26 de agosto y el 15 de septiembre de 2020, los cinco países/territorios en las Américas en los cuales se observa un incremento relativo ≥200% en el número de casos son: Curazao (357%), Guadalupe (299%), Trinidad y Tobago (254%), las Islas Vírgenes Británicas (214%) y Jamaica (200%); mientras que los que presentaron el mayor aumento relativo en el número de defunciones fueron Trinidad y Tobago (331%), Belice (280%) y Aruba (233%). Los países y territorios que modificaron el escenario de transmisión de COVID-19, en este mismo periodo (entre el 22 de agosto y el 15 de septiembre) observándose un incremento en la transmisión de casos de menor a mayor intensidad fueron: Curazao y San Martín (de casos esporádicos a transmisión comunitaria), Guadalupe, Jamaica y Martinica (de conglomerado de casos a transmisión comunitaria). [...]
 
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COVID-19; Coronavirus; Coronavirus Infections; Infection Control; Betacoronavirus; Americas; Caribbean Region; Emergencies; International Health Regulations; Infecciones por Coronavirus; Control de Infecciones; Américas; Región del Caribe; Urgencias Médicas; Reglamento Sanitario Internacional
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https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/53105
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Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization. Epidemiological Update: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). 18 September 2020, Washington, D.C.: PAHO/WHO; 2020
 
Organización Panamericana de la Salud / Organización Mundial de la Salud. Actualización epidemiológica: Enfermedad del Coronavirus (COVID-19). 18 de septiembre de 2020, Washington, D.C.: OPS/OMS; 2020
 
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