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The reported infection numbers in the EMS and data from the wastewater monitoring confirm the upward trend in the infection process. The number of infected patients in normal wards will therefore continue to rise. In the intensive care units, the experts expect the beds to remain almost the same.
27 percent increase
In the area of normal care, an occupancy level of 854 to 1,379 occupied beds is expected across Austria in two weeks on March 1st, with an average of 1,085 beds. On Tuesday, 914 infected people had to be treated in normal wards in hospitals. Within a week, the number had increased by 27 percent or 192 patients. There were 42 seriously ill people in intensive care units, between 33 and 67 patients are expected here in two weeks, the average is 47 seriously ill.
More shots again
“In the last few days we have had more Covid 19 admissions in the hospital. The increase was expected and will probably only be a small wave,” wrote Arshang Valipour, head of the department for internal medicine and pneumology at the Floridsdorf clinic and head of the Karl Landsteiner Institute for Lung Research and Pneumological Oncology on Twitter on Wednesday. However, the lack of awareness of Corona is problematic. Many patients are puzzled because Covid-19 “does not exist anymore,” said the lung specialist.
Source: Nachrichten
