LIVE | Now 555 corona patients in hospital, eight more than Friday | Inland

The number of corona patients in hospital is now 555, reports the National Coordination Center for Patient Distribution (LCPS). That is 8 more than Friday. 433 of them are not in intensive care. So there are 122 patients on the IC, which is 6 more than the day before.

600 people lie on the ic’s for reasons other than corona, 12 more than Friday. In the past 24 hours, 9 clinical and 2 ic patients have been moved between regions to distribute pressure.

“The number of Covid-19 patients admitted continues to increase. 68 percent of them are located in the regions of Amsterdam, Leiden – The Hague, Rotterdam and Brabant. The greatest amount of activity is seen in the clinic, the overall number of ICU patients is proportionately more limited, ”says Ernst Kuipers, chairman of the National Network Acute Care (LNAZ).

“Given the development, the LCPS will continue to spread patients across the country over the weekend. In view of the increase in infections and hospital admissions, the LNAZ is supporting its efforts to tighten up measures. ”

During the first corona wave, the ratio between corona patients in the ICU and those in the regular wards was approximately one to two. Now there are four in the normal ward for every patient on the ic, says the Dutch Internists Association (NIV).

“At the moment it is being investigated whether the developments in the treatment of Covid-19 mean that many more patients can now be treated in the regular ward than in the IC,” said the organization. It is concerned. “Internists now handle most of the care in the Covid-19 wards. If the burden on the nursing ward continues to increase to this extent, it may mean that bottlenecks are now occurring in other places in the hospital and we will therefore have to scale down other forms of regular care, ”said Robin Peeters, internist and chairman of the NIV.

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