COVID-19 update/ High infection rates, 9 losses of life in the last 24 hours

18/11/2020 16:33

The Ministry of Health and Social Protection calls on all citizens to respect the rules of hygiene, physical distance and wearing a mask, while announcing that in the last 24 hours (18.11.2020), 2574 tests have been performed, of which 711 citizens have tested positive for SARS COV2 virus.

Positive cases confirmed in the last 24 hours have been identified in these municipalities:

374 cases in Tirana, 61 cases in Korça, 44 cases in Lezha, 41 cases in Elbasan, 21 cases in Shkodra, 19 cases in Gjirokastra, 18 cases in Berat, 11 cases each in Librazhd, Mirdita, Malësi e Madhe, 10 cases in Kavaja, Pogradec, 9 cases each in Kuçova, 8 cases in Durrës and Fier, 7 cases in Kukës, Tropojë, Mallakastër, Saranda, 6 cases in Skrapar, 5 cases in Devoll, Lushnje, 3 cases in Vlora, 2 cases in Kurbin, Tepelena, 1 case in Has, Mat, Bulqiza, Kolonjë.

Currently in 3 COVID hospitals, 420 patients are being treated, 15 of whom are in intensive care.

Despite the efforts of doctors, in the last 24 hours, 9 citizens with Sars-Cov2 positive have lost their lives in COVID hospitals: a 60-year-old man from Librazhd, a 63-year-old, a 65-year-old and a 70-year-old man from Tirana, a 63-year-old and a 79 year old man from Shkodra, a 70 year old from Durrës, a 75 year old man from Korça, an 81 year old from Gjirokastra.

The Ministry of Health and Social Protection addresses all citizens who are confirmed or awaiting the answer to the test, to remain isolated, respecting the obligation of self-quarantine.

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