COVID-19: Seventenn New Positive Cases and Eighteen Recoveries on Thursday 28 January

Seventeen new positive cases of COVID-19 were identified on Thursday 28 January.

This therefore brings the overall health figures for the Principality to 1,430 people affected by the Coronavirus since the beginning of the health crisis.

This evening, fifty-six people are being treated at the CHPG:  forty-seven patients, thirty of whom are residents, are hospitalised. Moreover, this evening, nine people, three two of whom are residents, are in intensive care.

Sadly, a 79 year-old-person who tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus and was treated at the CHPG has died.  This is the eleventh death of a resident of the Principality in connection with the Coronavirus since the start of the epidemic. The Prince's Government wishes to express its full support to the family and friends of this person at this time of great sorrow in Monaco.

Today, there are 18 further recoveries to be noted. The total number of people who have recovered thus amounts to 1,198.

This Wednesday evening, 142 people are being monitored by the Home Patient Follow-up Centre, which provides medical support to people with mild symptoms, who are invited to self-isolate at home.

In line with the practices adopted by the World Health Organization and neighbouring countries in this regard, these daily health assessment figures report only on resident persons affected by the Coronavirus.