There are more patients infected with the Delta variant at the Pomeranian Center for Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis in Gdańsk. Currently, 20 patients with severe disease are staying there. Most of them are unvaccinated people, informs Radio Zet.
– The number of patients is growing – informed Radio Zet, the doctor Hanna Goworowska who is in charge of this department. There are now a few new patients every day, while there were so many a week at the peak of the holiday season. Patients are in a condition requiring oxygen therapy, all are lying.
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Most of the patients are aged 40-60 years, the Delta variant is predominant among them, which makes their disease more difficult than with the basic version of the virus. – We observe that the course is more difficult and the disease progresses faster. Patients need a greater supply of oxygen to maintain adequate saturation – explains Dr. Goworowska, quoted by Radio Zet.
Infections are increasing
According to yesterday’s data from the Ministry of Health, 234 cases of confirmed coronavirus infections were recorded, of which 18 people in the province. Pomeranian. It is one of the provinces with the highest number of infections. In total, more than 190 people suffered from the coronavirus in Pomerania since the beginning of the pandemic. people. Since the beginning of the pandemic, infections and deaths in the Pomeranian Voivodeship have accounted for 6,61%. of all confirmed cases of coronavirus in Poland and 5,83 percent. all deaths.
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