Male, 40 years old and unvaccinated. This is the average patient currently being admitted to the covid areas of Ibiza’s intensive care units, according to the Department of Health, which yesterday reported that there are six patients in this situation on the Pitiusas islands. This is one less than on Monday, after a 49-year-old woman who had been admitted to Can Misses Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for 17 days was transferred to the ward due to her improvement.
The spokesman for the Balearic Islands Infectious Diseases Management Committee, Javier Arranz, acknowledged yesterday that the number of critically ill seems to be reducing more slowly in this wave than in previous ones. This is something that, he said, may be due to the profile of the patient, younger, and whose body “can hold out longer in the ICU trying to survive. “That’s good,” he continued.
The situation is different if looking at the total number of patients admitted for coronavirus, which currently stands at 26. More than half (56%) are men and the age group with the highest concentration of hospitalised patients is between 40 to 50 (24%). More than half, 56%, are over 60 years old, he said.
The number of hospitalised covid patients remained unchanged from the previous day, although the breakdown varies by severity. The number of critical patients reduced by one and the number of patients on the ward increased by one. It should be noted that the total number of people hospitalised with the virus has increased by 50% in the last five days.
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