Europe already counted 25,177 cases monkey flowerThat’s 204 (24,973) more than last week, according to October 18 data from the European Center for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) and the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Office for Europe.
According to the ECDC and WHO report released this Wednesday, 736 hospitalizations in Europe so far, 6 percent of the total number of diagnosed cases, 247 of which required clinical intervention. Five people required admission to the intensive care unit (ICU), and four died.
Most cases in Europe are between the ages of 31 and 40 (9,859/24,992 – 39%) and male (24,576/24,977 – 98%). Of the 10,802 male cases of known sexual orientation, 96 percent self-identified as men who had sex with men.
Among the cases with known serological status, 38 percent (3,787/10,064) HIV positive. Most of the cases presented with rash (14,825/15,525 – 96%) and systemic symptoms such as fever, fatigue, myalgia, chills or headache (10,531/15.525 – 68%).
To date, WHO and ECDC have been informed of this. five cases of occupational exposure in healthcare professionals. Four of them were wearing recommended personal protective equipment (PPE) but were exposed to body fluids while collecting samples. The fifth case was not wearing PPE.
Spain continues to lead the case ranking in Europe with 7,277 cases, ahead of France (4,084), United Kingdom (3,686), Germany (3,651), Netherlands (1,226), Portugal (940), Italy (888), Belgium. ( 784), Switzerland (542), Austria (322), Israel (257), Sweden (207), Poland (201), Ireland (200), Denmark (191), Norway (92), Greece (82), Hungary ( 78), Czechia (70), Luxembourg (55), Slovenia (47), Finland (41), Romania (41), Serbia (40), Malta (33), Croatia (29), Iceland (16), Slovakia (14), Turkey (12), Estonia (11), Bosnia and Herzegovina (9), Bulgaria (6), Gibraltar (6), Latvia (6), Cyprus (5), Lithuania (5), Ukraine (5) , Andorra (4), Monaco (3), Georgia (2), Greenland (2), Montenegro (2), Moldova (2), Russia (2) and San Marino (1).
Source: Informacion
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