More people in ICU due to Covid-19 now than peak of first wave: Official

Doha: The number of people receiving life-saving treatment due to Covid-19 has more than doubled, a senior health official said.

In comparison, there are more people in intensive care units now than at the peak of the first wave.  “Since the middle of March, the number of people receiving life-saving medical treatment in our intensive care units has more than doubled and we now have over 280 people with COVID-19 in intensive care. To put this into perspective, at the peak of the first wave in May 2020, we had around 220 patients in intensive care. It is clear that people are becoming sicker and experiencing more severe symptoms in this second wave of the virus,” said Dr. Ahmed Mohammed, Acting Chairman of HMC’s Intensive Care Units.