Coronavirus in Slovakia: 7,727 new cases and 43 covid deaths – SME.sk

BRATISLAVA. PCR tests in Slovakia on Saturday revealed another 7,727 cases of the infection coronaviruswhich is the highest number for the weekend since the start of the pandemic. Almost 72 percent of them have not been vaccinated.

The laboratories tested 22,096 PCR samples. The positivity of the PCR samples tested was 34.97 percent.

The National Health Information Center informs about it.

1,351 people had a positive antigen test yesterday, almost 72 percent of whom did not pass covid vaccination.

There are more than 3,000 patients in hospitals

PCR tests were most positive in the Prešov Region (1,372), followed by Košický (1,083), Bratislavský (1,005), Banskobystrický (985), Žilinský (963), Trenčiansky (914), Trnavský (826) and Nitriansky (579). .

Another 43 people died of Covid-19, and a total of 13,861 victims in the coronavirus pandemic claimed Slovakia.

The number of hospitalized for the first time during the third wave of the pandemic exceeded the number of 3,000, there are 3,004 patients in hospitals with a covid. Of those hospitalized, almost 82 percent are not vaccinated or have only one dose of vaccine.

There are 270 patients in the intensive care units, and 258 need artificial lung ventilation support.

How are we doing with the covid vaccination?

The first dose vaccines another 3,442 people received on Saturday, a total of 2,577,522 people were vaccinated in this way.

There are 2,439,341 people vaccinated in Slovakia with two doses.