Oman: ICUs in hospitals for COVID-19 patients at maximum capacity
At several hospitals across Oman the occupancy rate in the intensive care units for COVID-19 patients has reached 100 per cent.
The hospitals that are now totally full are the Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, the Sultan Qaboos Hospital in Salalah and Khasab Hospital.
The total number of patients admitted to hospitals in the Sultanate for COVID-19 has reached 751, the largest number since the start of the pandemic, Dr. Ahmed bin Mohammad Al Saeedi, Minister of Health revealed.
There are now 234 in ICUs and 1,789 deaths in total, the minister said during the Supreme Committee’s press conference held to discuss the latest developments of coronavirus.
The minister noted that reasons for the increase in cases is due to new strains and lack of compliance with precautionary measures.
