COvid-19: There's already 60 districts on the red traffic light

The epidemiological situation in Slovakia deteriorated significantly - up to 60 districts were included among the risk - red, only six districts remain on the green light on October 9th, the orange ones are ten. The health minister Marek Krajčí and chief hygiene officer Ján Mikas informed about the current situation today. According to the Minister of Health, the situation in Slovakia is not stable at all and the numbers infected will still grow.
Green districts Bytča, Kysucké Nové Mesto, Levoča, Poltár, Revúca, Turčianske Teplice.
Orange districts - Gelnica, Krupina, Levice, Lučenec, Medzilaborce, Nové Zámky, Partizánske, Rimavská Sobota, Rožňava, Šaľa, Zvolen.
The other 60 districts are on the red traffic light.


Continue The average number of positive cases per week is rising, with an average of 756 cases per day over the last week. The incidence is also rising - the number of positive persons per 100 000 inhabitants in the last 14 days, from 98.4 last week to 162.6.Last week's been a success. to increase the average number of tests performed to 7 646. Effective Reproductive Number Raised to 1.43 (a week ago it was 1.39) as well as a daily average increase in positive cases (GR), currently 10.9%. Proportion of positive tests for all tests carried out (7-day average) is 9.9%. Period during which it occurs k doubling Number of positive cases decreased to seven days.

Continue There is also an increase in the number of positives tested in the risk group over 65. The total number of hospitalised patients with COVID-19 disease increased from 191 to 324There are 26 patients on artificial pulmonary ventilation to date. In the meantime the most patients hospitalized in the Žilina region -58, where the most patients are also on artificial lung ventilation -9. The following is the Trenčiansky region with 51 hospitalized, Košice region, where 48 patients in hospitals, Prešov region (47), four of them on lung ventilation, Nitrian region (40), Banská Bystrica region (31), five of them on ventilation, Bratislava region, where there are 26 people in hospitals and Trnava region with 23 hospitalizations, three patients on artificial lung ventilation.
In some regions, the percentage tested positive exceeded 30 percent, and in these parts the number of positives is expected to increase