The situation with pneumonia has deteriorated critically in Crimea
In Crimea, the number of cases of community-acquired pneumonia has increased critically.
Natalya Penkovskaya, head of the regional office of Rospotrebnadzor, announced this at a meeting of the headquarters for combating the spread of coronavirus infection, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
According to Penkovskaya, compared to the same period last year, the increase in cases of community-acquired pneumonia was 70%.
“The situation with community-acquired pneumonia has deteriorated critically over the past week. In addition to last year, over the last week we have had a 70% increase in the number of cases of pneumonia. The highest incidence rate is in those regions that differ in the increased incidence of new coronavirus infection: Simferopol, Yalta, Alushta and Armyansk,” Penkovskaya said.
According to the headquarters, today another case of infection with a new strain of coronavirus was registered in Crimea, the total number of infected people in the republic is 29 people, of which 12 have already been discharged.
The pneumonia situation in Crimea has worsened critically.