ArmInfo. In Armenia, 444 patients with coronavirus are in serious condition. This was announced on June 18 at a government meeting by the Minister of Healthcare of the Republic of Armenia Arsen Torosyan.
According to the Minister, 131 patients are in critical condition, 39 are on the ventilator. According to the data at 09:00 am on June 18, 143 patients with coronavirus need hospitalization; condition of 16 patients is estimated as moderate. Torosyan explained that there are daily cases of transferring patients with confirmed COVID-19 from ordinary hospitals to hospitals allocated for treatment with coronavirus. Such cases in the daily context are recorded in the region of 200, and no tendency to their reduction is observed.
Torosyan also said that a total of 263 resuscitation beds were allocated for patients with coronavirus (two weeks ago their number was about 200), but there are practically no empty seats. As was emphasized, the mobilization of the hospital fund continues, and Vedi and Dilijan MCs have already joined the treatment of patients with coronavirus; next in line are the medical centers of Martuni and Spitak. In addition, work is underway to repair resuscitation departments in the "Surb Grigor Lusavorich" MC, the Institute of Surgery Mikaelyan and "Erebuni" MC Meanwhile, Torosyan noted that the work on mobilizing the hospital fund cannot continue indefinitely, since hospitals should also treat patients with other diseases. Thus, according to him, the most important measures are to control the spread of coronavirus. In total, 18698 cases of coronavirus were confirmed in the republic, 7560 people recovered, 309 died. Currently, 10728 patients are receiving treatment.