Date Published: 27/03/2020
ARCHIVED - Staff applaud in Lorca as Totana nurse becomes first patient to recover in the hospital
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She is the 12th patient to recover in the Region of Murcia
Elena Lucerga Romera was cheered and clapped by staff of the Rafael Méndez hospital in Lorca this evening as she left the ward after successfully recovering from coronavirus.
Elena is herself a nurse and works in the intensive care children’s unit of the Virgen de La Arrixaca hospital in Murcia city.
The latest figures released tonight show that she is the twelfth person in the region to recover from the virus and is the first to recover in this particular hospital.
As of tonight, the Region of Murcia has 773 cases, with an increase of 86 in the last 24 hours and 17 deaths, bringing the total number of cases since the epidemic began to 802.
542 people are isolated at home with mild cases, 231 are hospitalised and 58 are in intensive care.
Health personnel have carried out 5,287 tests to date.
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