WILLEMSTAD - Covid-19 takes its toll on the intensive care unit of the CMC, three patients died today from the effects of the virus. In two weeks, 20 patients died in intensive care and 6 at home or nursing home. The death toll from covid-19 as of today is now 232.
According to epidemiologist Izzy Gersthenbluth, the omicron variant is much milder, but also much more contagious. Due to the large numbers of infections, the number of people dying from it is also increasing in absolute terms.
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In particular, people aged 65 and older with Covid-19 end up in hospital and die. The elderly are the least protected, only thirty percent of the over-65s in Curaçao have received both corona vaccinations.