The third victim, officials said, had been admitted to hospital on January 9 again in critical condition. The Ministry stresses that the patient had been ill since January 1 but “did not apply for medical treatment.”
As of January 15 official statistics, a total number of 992 people with acute respiratory infections have applied for hospital treatment, 873 of them – minors. 502 of the patients are suffering from pneumonia. According to the Health Ministry, 98 people were in intensive care unit and 121 pregnant women remained in hospitals as of Friday evening.