A fifth of Covid-19 carriers in our country have symptoms, 5% go to the hospital

Currently, Bulgaria ranks 8th in mortality and 25th in coronavirus morbidity in Europe. Only a fifth of all carriers of the infection in our country have any symptoms, and only 5 percent of them end up in the hospital. The biggest challenge remains the shortage of medical personnel, but our healthcare system is stable. This became clear in the renewed briefings of the National Operational Headquarters by order of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov.

In recent weeks there has been an increase in the number of coronavirus cases, which is the general trend in Europe, but the situation is not bad, said Health Minister Prof. Kostadin Angelov.

He noted that hthe incidence in schools and kindergartens in our country is the average for the entire country of the rest of the population. So there is no special anxiety, said the Minister of Health.

“The way to stay healthy until a vaccine is discovered is to wear face masks“he said the president of the operational headquarters gen. Ventsislav Mutafchiiski. He recalled that masks must be worn correctly and that they are mandatory indoors.

The Minister of Health pointed out that it was important to build habitsto protect us from COVID-19. “We cannot live our whole lives with restrictive measures and incarceration. WITHTherefore, we must get used to living with thought and reason about the presence of coronavirus infection and build our habits: wearing masks indoors, observing reasonable hygiene and disinfection, the rules of social and physical distance.“, said prof. Angles.

In the last week, the number of new infected has doubled.

During the last week the number of new infected by coronavirus in our country is double that of those cured, according to data from the headquarters.

Between September 24 and 30, the total number of people infected with Covid-19 increased by 1,550, and the number of people cured was twice less – 767. Through this period 111 people were hospitalized, like 14 of which are in andintense departments, said prof. Kostadin Angelov.

WITHand on the last day there were 286 new cases of positive samples for coronavirus from done 4934 PCR test. This is approximately 5.8 percent of the total number of respondents.

7,767 people are in quarantine. A total of 837 patients are treated in hospitals, 44 of them in intensive care units. Twelve people have died in the last 24 hours and 145 have recovered from the disease.

The distribution of the new cases by district is: Blagoevgrad – 34, Burgas – 19, Varna – 6, Veliko Tarnovo – 2, Vratsa – 5, Gabrovo – 17, Dobrich – 5, Kardzhali – 13, Kyustendil – 5, Montana – 12 , Pazardzhik – 9, Plovdiv – 24, Razgrad – 2, Silistra – 9, Sliven – 7, Smolyan – 4, Sofia Region – 1, Sofia City – 57, Stara Zagora – 20, Targovishte – 7, Haskovo – 6, Shumen – 11, Yambol – 11.

So far in total 20 833 in rregistered cases of the coronavirus in Bulgaria.

The biggest problem is the shortage of doctors

The biggest problem facing our country continues to be the insufficient number of medical personnel, their fatigue and the fact that the proportion of infected specialists is growing every day. noted the Minister of Health.

“To date, 8,415 hospital beds have been designated for the country for Covid-19 patients, of which 7,307 are for those with uncomplicated conditions. As of September 30, it is full. 10.5% of beds capacity for patients without complications and 4% of beds for patients in need of intensive care “, Professor Angelov said.

The number of active medical cases as of September 30 is 227, which 36 are treated in medical institutions, and two They are in the intensive care unit.

Personal protective equipment for the needs of medical personnel nationwide is available more than three months in advance.

Remdesivir, which is used to treat the virus, is also available. Applications for October have been made and will be provided timely, said the Minister of Health.

117 students infected with COVID-19 for now

Regarding the school year to the period from September 24 to 30 in kindergartens there are 12 infected children and 117 students.

Sick teachers in nurseries there are 14, Y there are 72 teachers in the schools-mom.

Since non-teaching staff in kindergartens settled down 49 case, and in schools – 20.

Morbidity in schools and kindergartens in our country is the average for the rest of the country population and forthis is not particularly worrisome, said Minister Angelov.

More than 33 million are affected by COVID-19 by the light

World sick of coronavirus you are already over 33 million, show data from andJohns Hopkins Institute“. SINCEdeaths exceed 1 one million people.

TO the European Union We are ranked 25th in terms of morbidity and eighth in terms of mortality, said associate professor Angel Kunchev, chief state health inspector.

Malta has the highest incidence, followed by Spain, Romania, Czech Republic.

In the Balkans, Montenegro has the highest number of registered positive cases, followed by Bosnia and Herzegovina and North Macedonia.

Of the 10 Balkan countries, only the situation in Turkey and Serbia is better than Bulgaria in terms of the incidence of the coronavirus, said Adjunct Professor Kunchev.