The Gibraltar Government confirmed two more Covid-related deaths on Thursday, bringing the death toll to 25.
The deaths came as the number of people with Covid-19 in the Elderly Residential Services rose to 128.
The losses, Chief Minister F.
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GHA grapples with ‘unprecedented demand’ as Covid hospitalisations continue to rise
Pic: Johnny Bugeja 12th January 2021
The Gibraltar Health Authority is prepping a ‘mini-Nightingale’ ward and has stopped all but critical surgeries as it grapples with an influx of Covid cases needing care.
Across Elderly Residential Services there are 114 positive cases, with a further 31 cases in the Covid-19 Ward and 13 patients in the Critical Care Unit at St Bernard’s Hospital.
The weight of 158 cases needing care has strained the health service, which on Tuesday declared demand was now at an “unprecedented level”.
On Monday the GHA Gold Command meeting decided to raise its organisational posture level to ‘Black’, stopping all but critical cancer surgeries, and life and limb saving surgeries and procedures.
Nurses deliver over 2,500 jabs in three days as vaccination program gets fully under way
GHA Nursing Assistants Geraldine Espinosa and Rosanne Bossino were on hand to supervise patients waiting after they had had their vaccines. 12th January 2021
Within three days of the first shipment of the Covid-19 vaccine arriving on the Rock, some 2,501 people have been vaccinated against the virus.
They include frontline healthcare personnel and residents of facilities managed by Elderly Residential Services, as well as older members of the community.
On Monday alone, the newly opened vaccination centre at the ICC vaccinated 581 people, all of whom were over the age of 70.
The Gibraltar Government confirmed two more Covid-19 related deaths on Tuesday following the recent surge in cases.
A woman aged between 75-80 years old succumbed to the virus after contracting Covid pneumonitis and a man aged 95-100 years was C.