With 5,418 PCR tests performed yesterday, 1,430 were positive, which amounts to 26.4 per cent. With 10,528 rapid antigen tests, 420 were positive, which is almost 4 per cent. The total number of tests amounts to 15,964, of which 1,850 were positive, i.e. almost 200 more than on Monday. Some 1,144 patients were in hospitals yesterday (1,157 on Monday), of whom 172 required intensive care, 20 fewer than a day before. Some 19 people have died in hospitals. The average of confirmed cases in the last seven days at the state level amounts to 1,245. This number was 1,227 on Monday, which means that the number increased by 18.
The data published today by the National Institute of Public Health reveal that the epidemiological situation is worsening in most regions.
