This was announced during a briefing at the site of the regional communications service by the head of the Department of Public Health of the city of Almaty, Nariman Tabynbayev.
As of today, 297 new cases of COVID have been registered in Almaty. At the same time, over the past day, 143 patients have recovered. 3 deaths.
"The city is fully prepared. There is a peak of the pandemic, over the past two weeks we have noted a sharp increase in the number of registrations. Up to 400 cases of COVID were detected per day. Today, there is a downward trend - 297. Hospitalization also tends to decline. 88 patients were hospitalized in Almaty hospitals, "N. Tabynbayev said.
There are 1,239 people undergoing inpatient treatment (including 64 children). 13 adult patients in extremely serious condition, 131 in severe, 1,095 in moderate severity.
“Last year, as part of the fight against the coronavirus infection, a sufficient bed capacity was formed in Almaty to receive patients with COVID and pneumonia. At the PHC level, 298 mobile teams have been created with 948 employees. The goal of PHC is to monitor, diagnose and treat patients on an outpatient basis. Today there are 7,011 infectious beds in the city, including 250 intensive care beds, ”Nariman Tabynbayev said. Out of the number of involved 3400 beds, 29% are currently occupied, resuscitation beds are used by 27%.
At the beginning of the pandemic, there were 2 infectious diseases hospitals with 500 beds in Almaty. Already, on July, 27 medical organizations in Almaty provided inpatient care to patients with COVID. In addition, the Public Health Administration was commissioned by the Modular Hospital of the City Clinical Infectious Diseases Hospital named after. I. Zhekenova with 280 beds, later the Modular Clinic of the Children's Infectious Diseases Hospital with 300 beds and the second branch of the State Clinical Hospital with 500 beds were commissioned.
All facilities are 100% supplied with medical oxygen.
“Oxygen-gasification stations have been built in 6 stations, and we are preparing to put into operation 12 more stations. Thus, the full provision of oxygen equipment to the intensive care and reanimation departments of infectious hospitals of the 1st level has been carried out, ”said the head of the Department of Public Health of the city of Almaty.
The converted sports complex "Halyk Arena" with a capacity of up to 1,000 patients is under conservation for the treatment of patients with mild cases.
“A year after the beginning of the pandemic, the medical organizations of the Public Health Administration have a sufficient number of hospitals, beds, equipment, medicines and specialists to treat patients not only with COVID but also with other diseases,” N. Tabynbaev noted.
VACCINATION.
At the first stage, 1,750 medical workers were vaccinated in February, all of them have already received revaccination.
The second stage began on March 01. 10,800 doses of Sputnik-V were received. 6,225 people have already been vaccinated (57.6% of the plan). 60% of health workers from the "risk zone", 10% of teachers and 20% of law enforcement officers received vaccinations.