By NATION REPORTERCOVID-19 patients on oxygen and those in a critical condition remain relatively high at 72 percent and 27 percent respectively, Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Kennedy Malama has said.Dr Malama said among patients currently admitted, 144 were on oxygen therapy and 54 were in critical condition. He said it was from this pool of patients and a few from new admissions that the country continued recording deaths.Dr Malama said in a statement that patients in hospitals tend to stay longer, some up to two months more than was witnessed during the first and second waves. “This indicates the severity of the disease we are seeing,” he said.Dr Malama said 12 new Covid-19 related deaths were reported in the past 24 hours, an increase from the low numbers seen in past week. “The deaths were reported from Eastern (three), Lusaka (three) North-Western (one), Southern (two), Copperbelt (one), Muchinga (one), and Western […]
NUMBER OF COVID-19 PATIENTS ON OXYGEN STILL HIGH
