We are still in the middle of the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic and we have not yet reached the peak, Dr Abdullatif Al Khal, Chairman of the National Pandemic Preparedness Committee, said at a press conference held to explain the current Covid-19 situation in Qatar.
He said that most of the recent cases of Covid-19 are due to social visits and there is a significant increase in the number of patients in intensive care due to the high number of infections and emergence of new strains.
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He added that the increase in the number of deaths recently is also due to the new Covid-19 strains.
During the past week, 1,468 new Covid-19 cases were admitted to the hospital due to severe inflammation in the lungs and 266 cases were admitted to intensive care, stated Dr. Al Khal, adding that the South African stain has had a significant impact on the rise in coronavirus infections in the country during the past 10 days.
