Nowhere in Germany is it like this high proportion of intensive care beds with corona patients occupied, as in Thuringia. Were on Monday morning 21.2 percent, which is more than every fifth operable bed occupied by Covid-19 patients, as can be seen from data from the medical association Divi (as of 11.15 a.m.). Accordingly, the number of corona patients in Thuringian intensive care units increased compared to the previous day by 17 to 133 – 22 special Covid intensive care beds were still available. Nationwide, 87.2 percent of intensive care beds were occupied.
In mid-April, around 220 corona patients were still being treated in the intensive care units. According to the Ministry of Health, the number of intensive care beds in the Free State decreased. In 2020, up to 1100 intensive care beds were temporarily available in Thuringia. This number was reported again for a short time last May. At the end of October the number only fluctuated around 700.
Most recently, Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow (left) warned that it would soon be due to the intensive care units being full can no longer give a guarantee for treatment in Thuringia for every unvaccinated corona patient. The people would be treated, but would have to be relocated to other federal states if necessary.