89.3% of COVID-19 patients hospitalized in public and private health facilities have not required mechanical ventilation during the pandemic period, according to the Health Ministry's COVID-19 situation report.
Of this total (10,964), 7,638 have been discharged from hospitals. However, when considering the number of COVID-19 positive patients who have been released from home isolation, the total
number of discharges increases to 159,806.
Mechanical ventilation is a therapeutic method that is used to mechanically assist patient’s spontaneous breathing when it is ineffective or absent. In this case, a patient can be assisted by a mechanical ventilator or a person manually pumping the bellows.
According to the cumulative number of cases, only 1,172 patients (10.69%) have required mechanical ventilation since the pandemic began.
As for the death toll,
the Friday report indicates that the number of deaths had grown to 8,939, that means 178 new victims compared to
Thursday.
The majority of these victims (71%) were men and 29% were women. Moreover, most deaths occurred in patients between 50 and 80 years of age.
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Published: 6/27/2020