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According to the Klaipeda University Hospital (KUL), a total of 87 COVID-19 patients are currently being treated at the hospital. 14 patients are treated in the Resuscitation and Intensive Care Unit.
The number of patients is growing rapidly
The majority of COVID-19 patients are unvaccinated delta patients. 10 patients had been vaccinated, four of whom were of respectable age.
“The number of patients with COVID-19 is growing. In the last week of July, there were 50 patients, and today – 87. Last day, 16 people with coronavirus were admitted to the hospital, ”reported the representative of the Aistė Noreikaitė hospital.
Currently, COVID-19 patients are allocated 90 beds at Klaipeda University Hospital. Their number in the hospital is adjusted as needed.
So far, all coronavirus patients have been transported to KUL, but as of Thursday, patients will also be admitted to the support center, that is, the Republican Hospital in Klaipėda.
Communication and collaboration, as KUL representatives say, and with other hospitals in the region. As the number of coronavirus patients increases, other so-called support hospitals are preparing to receive them. First of all, in Šilutė and Tauragė.
The situation with the incidence of the coronavirus in Klaipeda is the worst compared to other cities in the country. Here 100 thousand. the population indicator exceeded 350, at that time in Vilnius and Kaunas it reached about 200.
The situation is also deteriorating in the capital
However, there is also bad news in other cities.
As the coronavirus situation deteriorates in the capital, the number of COVID-19 beds in Vilnius City Clinical Hospital (124 Antakalnio Street) will increase to 60 from Thursday.
Most of them, even 90 percent. – Unvaccinated patients on the ward.
According to the report of the Vilnius municipality, the situation of the hospitals could be improved with a faster vaccination of the population, so that these days 12 thousand patients will be delivered to the Vilnius points. Jannsen vaccines (made by Johnson & Johnson), which is enough for one dose.
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