Covid-19 cases, deaths rise
published : 22 May 2023 at 16:11
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
The number of Covid-19 inpatients continued to increase and fatalities also rose over the past week, when schools reopened, the Department of Disease Control reported on Monday.
The department recorded 2,632 Covid-19 inpatients from May 14 to May 20, up about 12% from 2,356 cases between May 7 and May 13.
The number of inpatients with lung inflammation was at 401 at the end of last week, 24% up from 322 at the end of the previous week.
The number of patients dependent on ventilators rose to 226 last week, 39% up from 163 at the end of the previous week.
Last week there were 64 new fatalities related to the disease (seven per day on average), 191% up from 22 in the previous week (two per day).
Health authorities earlier predicted cases would rise when the new school term began.
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- fatality: a death caused by an illness, accident, crime or war - การเสียชีวิต
- inflammation: a red, painful and often swollen area in or on a part of your body - การอักเสบ
- inpatient: a person who stays in a hospital to receive treatment -
- lung: one of the two organs in your chest that fill with air when you breathe - ปอด
- patients (noun): people who are receiving medical treatment - คนป่วย, คนไข้
- predict: to say that an event or action will happen in the future, especially as a result of knowledge or experience - คาดการณ์ว่า พยากรณ์จากสถิติว่า
- ventilator (noun): a piece of equipment with a pump that helps somebody to breathe by sending air in and out of their lungs - เครื่องช่วยหายใจ
