Authorities report one death and 229 positive tests



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A note on the Basel wish tree. (Image: Keystone)

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For 229 people in the two Basles, Christmas was turned upside down for a short time due to a Covid infection. Also, one person died.

In the canton Baselland On Thursday there were 131 (-31) new infections due to coronavirus. 60 (-7) residents depended on hospital care.

9 (+3) people were in intensive care due to Covid-19, 7 of them had to be ventilated.

Since the beginning of the pandemic we have been in the canton Baselland 10,183 infections with the coronavirus have been registered, 1,706 people were shown as active cases in the cantonal case statistics on Thursday.

The situation in the canton of the city.

Canton Basel-Stadt recorded another death from Covid-19 and 98 (+4) new infections with the coronavirus on Thursday. The number of Covid-19 patients in hospital treatment decreased significantly from 12 to a total of 126.

Of the 126 patients in a Basel city hospital with Covid 19 disease, 89 (-5) were canton residents. There were 18 people (+1) in an intensive care unit.

So far in Basel-Stadt 7,668 people tested positive for the corona virus, according to the canton’s case statistics. There are currently 739 people (-42) in isolation. The number of deaths from Covid-19 increased from 1 to 135.

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