The chief of the Hospital for war veterans: We went to the plateau by far

Petersburg came out on a plateau in the spread of a new coronavirus infection. In an interview with the “St. Petersburg diary” told the head of the Hospital for war veterans Maksim Kabanov.

“We have reached a plateau by far, — said the doctor. We orientirueshsya on the number of patients who received bilateral polysegmental pneumonia. Their may 12, the same number. And we’re waiting for is the number gospitalizirovany will decline”.

the Doctor said that as soon as recorded a reduction in new infected, reducing the number of critical patients in intensive care on a ventilator, it will be possible to say that “we from the plateau went down.”

“with regard to the severity of the condition, the number of such patients, as in the beginning, and now is 5% of the total flow. On a ventilator — not more than 3%. I say, focusing on the Hospital for war veterans”, — says Maxim Kabanov.

a Stable number of infected, which every day record in St. Petersburg, the doctor explains: “the fact that the tests from each hospital COVID detected at different times depending on the laboratory that gives results. And we see daily the results of confirmed tests for COVID is, but understand that a test could be to take a 3-4 days ago.”

Recall, for the last day of novel coronavirus infection have been identified in the 376 residents of St. Petersburg. In total in the city since the beginning of the pandemic, has recorded 16 689 thousand cases of infection, more than 6 thousand people have recovered, 223 died.

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