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99% of ICU beds in Stockholm are occupied by Covid and non-Covid patients. This was announced by the regional health director, Bjorn Eriksson, in a press conference reported by the Swedish newspaper The Local. This is the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began.
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During the first wave, UCI places increased to 160 in the Swedish capital, but now they are almost full. Eriksson called not to “flock to the stores for Christmas shopping, to the clubs for an after-work drink, even if that’s what we want to do. The consequences are dire.”
There are currently 83 covid patients in intensive care who, together with other patients, occupy almost all of the 160 available places. “There are 814 people fighting for life in our hospitals – he said, referring to all covid patients in the Stockholm area – we must say enough. You can’t take the risk to have a snack, socialize outside the home. As is well known, Sweden is one of the few countries that has never imposed a blockade.
There are currently some restrictions across the country, including a maximum limit of eight diners in bars and restaurants and a ban on the sale of alcohol after 10 p.m., while distance learning has been enforced for the later years of school. high school. There is an exhortation for all to limit personal contacts outside the family as much as possible and to resort to smart work as much as possible. The country, which has just over 10 million inhabitants, publishes data on the pandemic only twice a week. There were 18,820 new infections and 133 deaths yesterday compared to Friday, for a total of 297,732 infections and 7,200 deaths.
