(ANSA) - BERLIN, 19 OTT - Given an increase in Covid
infections in Germany, the spotlight is again on the
capabilities of the national health system, one of the few in
the world that has shown an effective reaction during the first
wave of the pandemic. At the moment, the situation is under
control: there are 770 patients in intensive care. Of the 30,000
beds available, 9,000 are free (data updated on Saturday by the
association for intensive and emergency medicine, DIVI). Another
12,000 can be activated to face an emergency. "But we have shown
that we can free between 150,000 and 200,000 beds in ordinary
structures," explained Georg Baum, director-general of the
German hospital association DKG, according to the DPA. According
to Baum, the most worrying data concerns the availability of
adequately trained personnel. Despite the increase in
infections, there are 770 patients in intensive care, and they
are few compared to the numbers in April when they reached
2,500. However, the trend is growing, compared to a couple of
weeks ago, when patients in ICU were just 420. "We have
increasing numbers in hospitals," Baum confirmed. According to
the Robert Koch Institut, which updated its bulletin today,
4,325 new infections have been recorded in 24 hours. Since the
beginning of the pandemic, Germany has recorded 366,299 cases
and 9,789 deaths due to the coronavirus. (ANSA).
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