Intensive care, Mallorca

The pressure on intensive care is beginning to ease. | Teresa Ayuga

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporterPalma17/02/2021 13:42
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The Wednesday report from the Balearic health ministry indicates 91 new positive cases of coronavirus, thirteen fewer than on Tuesday, with a test rate of 3.16% from 2,879 tests. In Mallorca there are 54 new cases, in Ibiza 34 and in Formentera three. There are none in Minorca.

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There are five fewer Covid patients in intensive care in Mallorca - down to 58 - and two fewer in Ibiza (18). There is no change in Minorca (four). The total of 80 compares with 140 two weeks ago; there has therefore been a decrease of 42.9% in the number of patients in the space of a fortnight.

On hospital wards, there are 93 patients in Mallorca - eleven fewer than on Tuesday. The number in Ibiza is down five to 83. There is no change in Minorca (four).

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Twenty-three more patients have been discharged from hospital, while a further 369 have recovered. Active cases in the Balearics are down to 3,727, and the number of people in Mallorca being monitored by primary care is now below 2,000 - 1,964.

The ministry has confirmed two more deaths. The total is now 676.

Although there is an encouraging decrease in ICU numbers, the ratio of bed occupancy remains high and has a red colour on the "traffic lights" for Covid risk in the Balearics.