The Ministry of Health said Tuesday that a total of 1,768 COVID-19 patients are being treated in hospitals in North Macedonia.
A total of 725 confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients are being treated at the infectious disease wards in the hospitals in the capital and 1,043 in COVID centers across the rest of the country.
76 confirmed coronavirus patients have been admitted in the COVID centers in Skopje due to virus complications over the past 24 hours, of which 34 in internal and surgical clinics.
Moreover, 17 patients were admitted at the COVID unit within the Skopje City General Hospital ‘8 September’, eight patients at the Clinic for Infectious Diseases, five patients at the Institute of Respiratory Diseases in Children-Kozle, two at the Children’s Clinic and six at the Institute for Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy, adds the press release.
In addition, 62 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, 153 patients at the Clinic for Infectious Diseases, 32 patients at the Institute of Respiratory Diseases in Children-Kozle, 16 patients at the Children’s Clinic, eight patients at the Clinic of Gynecology and Obstetrics and 58 patients at the Institute for Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation.
According to the Ministry of Health’s press release, there were 65 hospital beds available in Skopje and 300 nationwide until Tuesday 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.
