TIRANA – Tuesday’s new coronavirus cases mounted to 1,014 the active people infected with COVID- 19 in Albania, mainly in Tirana, Shkodra and Durres, a daily update released by specialist of the Institute of Public Health, Flutura Beqo revealed.
“The Newly diagnosed coronavirus infections in Albania climbed to 69 within a day. With the surge of these infections Albania’s Covid-19 active cases topped to 1,014, while since the pandemic outbreak 2535 cases have been recorded in total,” specified the medical bulletin, which considered this ‘worrisome increase’ of cases as serious.
With regard to fatalities the last 24 hours were unfortunate as 3 more deaths caused by the virus were reported by local medical authorities on Tuesday, bringing the total number of victims to 62.
In the past weeks, Albania has faced not only deaths due to coronavirus everyday but it has also recorded high new daily figures of infections, which are more than twice as the highest figures reported during the two and a half month- quarantine time.
In the meantime, as it is reported, 79 patients are currently hospitalized at the Infectious Diseases Ward and 7 of them are in intensive care, while 3 are intubated. The figures show that 25 citizens have recovered bringing to 1,459 the number of cured patients since the outbreak of the epidemic on March 9. /argumentum.al