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Dresden (dpa / sn) - Saxony receives help from other federal states because of its drastic corona infection numbers.
If necessary, 30 patients can be brought to hospitals in Thuringia, 28 to Saxony-Anhalt and ten to Rostock.
There are also offers from other federal states, said Health Minister Petra Köpping (SPD) on Monday in Dresden.
They want to avoid long transports as much as possible.
30 patients have already been moved to Halle.
According to Köpping, 3332 Covid-19 patients are currently being treated in Saxon clinics and 616 in intensive care units. 463 beds are still available for those affected, 63 in the intensive care units. According to Köpping, 2572 people tested positive for the virus within 24 hours in Saxony, 71 people died of or with Covid-19 during this period. In total, there are now 109 229 confirmed cases of infection in the Free State. 2286 people died.