[Subtitle] What is the overall situation of hospitalization of patients infected with the new crown in medical institutions at all levels in China?
What is the overall situation of the new crown deaths in China?
On January 14, the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council held a press conference to respond to this.
[1] What is the trend of the number of visits to fever clinics opened by medical institutions at all levels in China after the implementation of "Class B and B Control"?
[Concurrent] Jiao Yahui, Director of the Department of Medical Affairs of the National Health Commission
At present, medical institutions above the second level have opened a total of 16,400 fever clinics, and primary medical and health institutions have opened 43,100 fever clinics or fever clinics.
The number of fever clinics across the country reached its peak on December 23, 2022, at 2.867 million visits, and then continued to decline until January 12, when it fell back to 477,000 visits, a decrease of 83.3% from the peak. Currently, all provinces and autonomous regions The number of visits to fever clinics and clinics in the municipalities, municipalities directly under the central government, and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps all showed an overall downward trend after peaking, and rural areas also showed a downward trend, which means that the urban and rural trends are converging.
The detection rate of COVID-19-positive patients in fever clinics has also continued to decline. The peak was 33.9% on December 20, and dropped to 10.8% on January 12. This trend indicates that the peak of fever clinics has passed.
[2] What is the overall situation of hospitalization of patients infected with the new crown in medical institutions at all levels in China?
[Concurrent] Jiao Yahui, Director of the Department of Medical Affairs of the National Health Commission
According to our monitoring data, the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients is also showing a continuous downward trend.
It reached a peak of 1.625 million hospitalized COVID-19 infections on January 5, and then continued to decline, falling back to 1.27 million on January 12.
Among them, 1.17 million people were admitted to medical institutions above the second level, and 100,000 people were admitted to designated hospitals and sub-designated hospitals. The proportion of patients infected with the new crown also showed a continuous downward trend.
It reached a peak of 27.5% on January 3, then continued to decline, and fell back to 21.7% on January 12, a drop of 5.8 percentage points from the peak period.
[3] How many severe cases of new crown are there in the hospital?
[Concurrent] Jiao Yahui, Director of the Department of Medical Affairs of the National Health Commission
According to our monitoring data, 2 weeks after the peak of fever outpatient visits, the number of severe COVID-19 positive patients in the hospital also reached its peak, and then showed a slow downward trend.
However, the number of critically ill patients currently in hospital is still at a high level.
On January 5, 2023, the number of COVID-19-positive critically ill patients in the hospital peaked at 128,000, and then continued to fluctuate and decline. By January 12, the number of positive severe patients (number) in the hospital fell back to 105,000. The utilization rate of critically ill beds was 75.3%, intensive care beds can meet the needs of treatment.
Among the severely ill COVID-19 patients in the hospital on January 12, there were 97,000 patients with severe underlying diseases combined with COVID-19 infection, accounting for 92.8%.
There are 7,357 critically ill patients infected with the new coronavirus, accounting for 7%.
[4] What is the overall situation of the current death cases of the new crown in China?
[Concurrent] Jiao Yahui, Director of the Department of Medical Affairs of the National Health Commission
The analysis shows that from December 8, 2022 to January 12, 2023, a total of 59,938 deaths related to new coronavirus infection occurred in hospitals across the country, including 5,503 deaths from respiratory failure caused by new coronavirus infection, combined with underlying diseases There were 54,435 deaths from the new coronavirus infection.
The average age of the dead cases was 80.3 years old, 90.1% were 65 years old and above, and 56.5% were 80 years old and above, and more than 90% of the dead cases were combined with underlying diseases. The main combined diseases were cardiovascular diseases, advanced tumors, and cerebrovascular diseases. Diseases, respiratory diseases, metabolic diseases, and renal insufficiency, etc., because winter itself is the season of high incidence of respiratory diseases and aggravation of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in the elderly, and it has recently been superimposed with new coronavirus infection and other factors, so the elderly's The relatively large number of deaths also reminds us to pay more attention to elderly patients and do our best to save their lives.
Dong Zeyu reports from Beijing
Responsible editor: [Wang Yu]