Date Published: 13/04/2020
ARCHIVED - First Covid-19 patient to leave the Rosell Hospital Cartagena as number of recoveries increases in the region
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The number of deaths in the Murcia Region rose to 106 during Monday
On Monday evening the daily round-up of Covid cases for the Murcia Region was presented as normal, showing that the number of cases recorded in the region since the pandemic began has remained relatively stable, rising from 1463 on Sunday to 1487 on Monday, with 905 cases currently active.
This is the first time during April that the number of active cases has dropped below 1,000 as we enter the fifth week of lockdown.
Although the number of deceased has risen to 106 during the day (an increase of 5), the number of patients in intensive care has dropped by 2 to 41 and the number hospitalised from 221 yesterday to 211 on Monday evening.
694 people remain at home with mild symptoms, but the number of cured cases has risen dramatically from 353 on Sunday evening to 476 on Monday evening.
Amongst those leaving hospital today was the first patient to recover from the virus in the Rosell hospital in Cartagena.
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