Covid, intensive care alert: “Over threshold in 17 regions”. And Switzerland admits: out of beds



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Covid, intensive care alert:

Alarm intensive therapy. In fact, it is occupied by patients. COVID-19 42% of places in intensive care, or 12% above the critical threshold of 30%. An almost stable figure compared to the previous day but which now affects 17 regions out of 21: a week ago they were alone 10. Seats in medical wards occupied by Covid patients are 51% nationally, compared to a threshold of 40%: it is also a stable figure but now affects 15 regions, compared to 12 7 days before. The Agenas tracking, updated with the data from November 17, shows a generalized criticality from north to south.

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Switzerland

The Switzerland Meanwhile, he announced that the 876 intensive care beds certified and recognized by the Swiss Society of Intensive Care Medicine are “practically all occupied” due to the coronavirus emergency. This can be read in a press release from the Company, posted on its website.

Bulletin

6,114 new coronavirus infections have been confirmed in Switzerland and Liechtenstein in the last 24 hours (280,648 in total). There are also 85 additional deaths and 261 more people hospitalized. This is indicated in today’s bulletin from the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), specifying that since the beginning of the pandemic the total number of deaths has increased to 3,385 and that of hospitalizations to 11,008. The swabs made in the last 24 hours were 30,229 (about 10,000 more than yesterday) with a positivity rate of 20.23%. The UFSP announced 4,560 cases yesterday, while during the weekend, considering the data from Friday morning to Monday, new infections stood at 12,839. The incidence of the disease has reached 3,246.44 cases per 100,000 inhabitants today and 926.3 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last fourteen days. As for Ticino, in the last 24 hours, 293 people have tested positive for the virus, for a total of 13,119 since the start of the pandemic. Four more deaths are also lamented, bringing the death toll to 452. In Grisons, the website dedicated to the evolution of the coronavirus indicates 85 new infections since yesterday (3,997 in total). The death toll has increased to 76 (+1).

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