Syrian Arab News Agency S A N A
Damascus, SANA- Director of Preparedness, Ambulance and Emergency Department at the Health Ministry, Dr. Tawfiq Hasaba, said that the number of the officially registered cases of Coronavirus is witnessing a fresh spike in COVID-19 cases which indicates the start of a new wave of the Virus.
The surge in the infections have started in mid-November, as the number of the daily registered cases has reached an average of 30 infections and three deaths, while the infections’ curve has increased during the current week to 150 cases and 15 deaths, Dr. Hasaba told SANA reporter, adding that it means that the average of declared infections and deaths has increased fivefold since the mid of the last month up till now.
He pointed out that the number of the infections the Ministry is declaring contains only the cases whose tested positive, as a result of the PCR test, asserting that there are doubles of these coronavirus figures who receive treatment in the clinics and houses, in addition to the suspected cases in the hospitals, adding that Coronavirus is diagnosed according to clinical symptoms and radiological investigations.
Hasaba pointed out that there are currently more than 1,200 persons, with corona symptoms, who are receiving treatment in various hospitals and quarantine centers in the provinces, and they are medically monitored as Coronavirus patients in term of clinical symptoms and radiological investigations and they are waiting for the result of the PCR test.
He indicated that more than 80 percent of the cases are mild symptoms similar to the seasonal flu.
He said that the main challenge in stopping the outbreak of the virus and overcoming the impacts of resurgence are responsibility of the citizens and their commitment to the preventive measures, mainly the mask, the personal hygiene and sterilization, particularly due to the difficulty of achieving the place distance at the public transportations and crowded places.
The officially declared numbers of the infections during the 15 days of the current month reached 1479 cases, compared with 895 cases at same period of the last month, with an increase of 584 cases., while the number of the deaths which was registered during the 15 days of the current month has reached 121 cases with an increase of 68 cases of the last month as 53 deaths had been registered during the last month.
Hala Zain
