Sixth fatality from West Nile fever — 72‑year‑old from Skopje dies
Clinic for Infectious Diseases reports 51 patients treated so far; 18 currently hospitalized, youngest patient 26 and in good condition.
Another patient has died from West Nile fever, hospital officials reported, bringing the death toll to six. The deceased was a 72-year-old man from Skopje who had multiple serious underlying conditions and had been treated at the Clinic for Infectious Diseases.
Current hospital figures
According to the clinic's director, Fadil Cana, 51 patients have been or are being hospitalized at the Infectious Diseases Clinic so far; 27 of them have recovered and been discharged. "At present there are 18 patients at the clinic, of whom 15 have laboratory-confirmed neuroinvasive West Nile infection, while three patients are clinically suspected of neuroinvasive West Nile infection. Unfortunately, I must report that yesterday afternoon another patient died," the director said.
The 72-year-old patient had been admitted to the clinic 15 days earlier in a critically poor general condition with a severe clinical picture. Despite intensive measures taken in the intensive care unit, he died yesterday afternoon.
Currently five patients remain in the intensive care unit with severe clinical presentations; all of them are elderly. The clinic continues to monitor and treat the cases and to provide updates as the situation evolves.
The youngest person currently at the clinic is 26 years old and is in good condition, the director added.
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