The Ministry of Health said Friday that a total of 1,699 COVID-19 patients are being treated in hospitals in North Macedonia.
A total of 686 confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients are being treated at the infectious disease wards in the hospitals in the capital and 1,013 in COVID centers across the rest of the country.
67 confirmed coronavirus patients have been admitted in the COVID centers in Skopje due to virus complications over the past 24 hours, of which 39 in internal and surgical clinics.
Moreover, 8 patients were admitted at the COVID unit within the Skopje City General Hospital ‘8 September’, 12 patients at the Clinic for Infectious Diseases, four patients at the Institute of Respiratory Diseases in Children-Kozle, two at the Children’s Clinic and two at the Institute for Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy, adds the press release.
In addition, 44 recovered patients were discharged from hospitals over the past 24 hours.
A total of 315 patients are currently being treated at COVID units within Skopje’s internal and surgical clinics.
There are 140 patients at the ‘8 September’ hospital, 152 patients at the Clinic for Infectious Diseases, 32 patients at the Institute of Respiratory Diseases in Children-Kozle, 9 patients at the Children’s Clinic, 9 patients at the Clinic of Gynecology and Obstetrics and 38 patients at the Institute for Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation.
According to the Ministry of Health’s press release, there were 74 hospital beds available in Skopje and 300 nationwide until Friday at 8 am. More beds are expected to become available during the day as recovered patients are discharged.
All state centers have enough oxygen for patients who need it and hospital capacities, if necessary, can be increased to admit more coronavirus patients, the release adds.
