• Direct. Last minute about the coronavirus

The number of patients in the hospitals of the Community of Madrid has decreased for the first time since the start of the coronavirus crisis, which has already left 4,483 deaths from this cause in the region. According to the balance of the Ministry of Health made public this Friday, the latest figure for revenue from the plant accounted for is 15,050, which is 177 less than 24 hours before.

The data of patients who must remain in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU), which until now had not stopped growing, has also decreased. Specifically, 1,506 people are in this situation, 22 fewer than the previous day .

In addition, in the last five days the number of patients in the ER pending hospital admission has been cut in half, from 1995 on Monday to 911 on Friday , as specified by the Ministry of Health of Madrid. In this case, these are patients with all kinds of pathologies, but mainly suspected of having contracted Covid-19.

The statistic also reflects a stabilization in the number of deaths due to the coronavirus after 308 occurred in one day, two less than the previous one. In addition, the number of new infections continues to fall for the third consecutive time, which after adding another 2,033 leaves the total balance at 34,188 confirmed positives.

Since the detection of the first infections by Covid-19 in the region five weeks ago, 13,850 people have been discharged from the hospital after having been admitted.

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