There are looming signs of stability in the epidemiological situation in the country according to numbers and ratios during a period ranging between 13 and 22 days, which show the health authorities to a vast extent were able to contain the virus with minimal damage.
A medical source told Al-Rai he is optimistic about the decline in cases and the continued improvement in the epidemiological situation in the country after the end of national holidays and revealed a “package of mitigating measures and decisions” if the positive indicators continued.
In a reading of the numbers recorded in the context of the current wave that began approximately in the last week of December 2021, health sources indicated to Al-Rai that the cases of infection during 13 days ranged between 4,445 and 6,913 per day, noting that this stability is a very important thing that indicates a peak during the fourth wave, during which a record number of cases appeared.
As for the second indicator, it shows the number of cases in intensive care units during a 15-day period, which ranged between 58 and 91 cases maximum, before witnessing a slight decline, reaching 86 yesterday.
This was accompanied by the stability of cases admitted for 18 days, which ranged between 326 on January 20 and 549 yesterday, which is the third indicator.
Although unprecedented numbers of cases were recorded, which reached the highest number of 6,913 on January 28, the sources considered that the fourth indicator is that the current wave is considered the least in terms of loss of life, with the number of deaths varying over a period of 22 days between one and two cases, except for yesterday, which recorded 3 deaths.
As for the fifth indicator, it consistently represents infection rates compared to swabs, which over a period of 22 days ranged between 14 and 20.7% maximum, before returning to record a noticeable decline to 14.8 percent yesterday.
The sixth indicator, according to the sources, represented the number of recovery cases (5,150 cases of recovery compared to 4,445 injuries yesterday and 5,846 cases of recovery compared to 5,407 the day before yesterday).
The sources pointed out that the seventh indicator is the decline in the numbers of infections and indicators of the epidemiological situation in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries.
Based on the seven indicators, the sources confirmed that the country “is close to overcoming the severity of the current wave and its downward trend,” saying “this comes after a period of stability in numbers.”
The sources commended the health system’s success in overcoming the current wave with minimal losses, despite not resorting to imposing severe restrictions.
