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“ICUs will continue to increase for the next 3-4 weeks”: the notice from the health authorities in Asturias | BE Gijón | Today for Today Gijón

Health authorities closely follow the evolution of the coronavirus in Asturias. In fact they have explained that, despite the decrease in cases in the last days, that it will not translate into a drop in hospitalizations but they will increase. The average occupancy in community centers is 75%. At the top is Avilés (93.41%), followed by Mieres (91.46%), Gijón (84.79%) and Oviedo (80.56). The truth is that the increase in income at the plant stands at 35% weekly, as explained by those responsible. The manager of the Health Service, Concepción Saavedra, has warned that “We have not reached the maximum. We expect it to continue to rise for the next two weeks and probably the ICU increases during the next three to four. “

Regarding the number of beds in external facilities; Credine de Langreo has 60 open beds out of the 120 available with 49 admitted patients; The Gijón Red Cross has a plant for COVID-19 with 34 beds, 28 of them occupied; Mount Naranco 60 beds and 29 occupied; the Gijón provisional hospital has opened a fourth module with 24 beds after filling the first three with 72 patients; the Adaro Sanatorium has 17 beds and eight are occupied, and the Avilés Hospital Foundation has arranged 24 more beds.

Besides, the Primary care it remains one of the legs on which the pandemic rests. There are 8,706 patients in follow-up, the autoCOVID number has grown to quince, 22,500 antigen tests and more than 831,000 PCR tests have been performed since the start of the pandemic. In fact Asturias has ruled out starting anal tests, unlike other neighboring communities such as Galicia.


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