First deceased in Asturias due to coronavirus | BE Gijón | Today for Today Gijón

First deceased in Asturias due to coronavirus. This is the 68-year-old man linked to the focus of the Fundación Masaveu school in Oviedo who this morning had experienced a worsening of your condition and that it could not be recovered. With this death, only one case remains in the ICU. This is the first positive, a neighbor with residence in Gijón of 70 years who is stable within gravity. Eleven other COVID-19 positive people remain isolated in the plant. Three have pneumonia without severity criteria and the rest have mild nonspecific symptoms.

The Health counseling of the Principality has decided to reinforce health care with the incorporation of 139 professionals to cope with the coronavirus epidemic, of which there are assets in the region 37 cases. Of these affected people, 23 are linked to the outbreak at the Fundación Masaveu school in Oviedo. The majority, 14, are teachers and students of the center, and the remaining six are family or friends, that is, close contacts of these patients.

The Virology Laboratory of the Central University Hospital of Asturias (HUCA) has carried out 1,035 tests with negative results. The phone 112 attended yesterday 1,179 calls about the new coronavirus. This service has been reinforced with a doctor on every shift and with six new nurses and four operators.

The Minister of Education, Carmen Suárez, who has met with the Federation of Associations of Parents of Asturias (Fapas) and the Board of Teaching Personnel, has assured that the regional government does not contemplate for the moment the total closure of educational centers in the region.

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