Despite clear progress in slowing the spread of the coronavirus thanks to community and physical distancing measures, hand hygiene, cough etiquette and other measures, the European Centre for Disease Control has warned that the probability of continued spread of COVID-19 is very high and the risk of exceeding the capacity of our health system remains high.
150 people here have died from the virus over the past week alone and the number in intensive care is growing by 30 per day.
So far, 224 confirmed cases have been admitted to Intensive Care, 62% of them are under the age of 65. 145 are still in Intensive Care and another 22 people, suspected to be infected but still awaiting test results, are also in intensive care on ventilators.
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