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THE the pressure increases for many Swedish hospitals, as well as the number of patients with COVID-19 who needed admission to intensive care units (ICU) almost duplicate In just over a week, the Swedish television station SVT broadcast yesterday Monday.
According to network information, the number of patients increased from 30 to 56.
THE Karin Monting, a professor of epidemiology at the Karolinska Institute, told SVT that the trend was “really worrying”, describing the increase in ICU admissions as a consequence of “the rapid spread of infections … in recent weeks.”
This means “how can we expect us to keep increasing for another week or two no matter what we do?” Monting added, explaining that the time between infection and the need for admission to the ICU is one to two weeks, depending on various factors, such as age.
Although there has been no official explanation for the increase in coronavirus infections, Monting believes that the reopening of schools and workplaces, the relocation of more people on public transport and the clusters of associated infections, for example, with parties associated with organize students explain the numbers. The epidemiologist also noted that SARS-CoV-2 infections occur in all age groups, not just among the young.
«The average age of the “affected persons” is about 60 years, “As a result, we have the spread of infections to different age groups,” he explained.
Concerns about the impending second wave are mounting in hospitals. “We are afraid of ending up in the same situation as in spring. Do we have the strength?” Can we take care of our staff? “Asked Cornelia Hertel, head of the emergency department at Södersjukhuset in Stockholm.
“We are considering whether we can still keep the situation under control.” We did it once, but the surge in ICU patients is an indication of how quickly things can go in the wrong direction. “
Until yesterday, Monday, the Swedish health authorities had registered 111,136 cases SARS-CoV-2 infection and 5,956 deaths due to COVID-19.
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