China news agency, Beijing, February 4 (Reporter Li Yanan) The National Health and Wellness Committee of China held a press conference on the 4 th to further strengthen the medical treatment of severe pneumonia patients infected by novel coronavirus. Jiao Yahui, deputy director of National Health Commission Medical Administration and Hospital Authority, said that as of 24: 00 on February 3, the mortality rate of pneumonia infected by novel coronavirus in China was 2.1%.
"According to the fatality rate of confirmed cases, as of 24: 00 yesterday, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of pneumonia in novel coronavirus was 20,438, and the cumulative death was 425. According to this figure, the national mortality rate, that is, the mortality rate of confirmed cases is 2.1%. " Jiao Yahui introduced that the death patients were mainly concentrated in Hubei Province, with a total of 414 people, accounting for 97% of the country. The mortality rate of confirmed cases in Hubei Province was 3.1%.
"In addition, the death toll in Wuhan is 313, accounting for 74% of the national death toll, and the mortality rate in Wuhan is 4.9%. The mortality rates in Hubei Province and Wuhan City are higher than the national level. If the mortality rate in other provinces except Hubei Province is removed, it is 0.16%." Jiao Yahui said that from this set of figures, we can see that the main deaths are still in Hubei, mainly concentrated in Wuhan. For other provinces in the country, although there are many cases, the mortality rate is actually quite low.
"From this point of view, we are still confident. Most of our cases are still light cases, so there is no need to panic." She said.
Jiao Yahui pointed out that the national mortality rate is basically stable, now it is 2.1%, and it was 2.3% at the beginning of the epidemic, which can be said to be a slight decline. According to the analysis of the death cases, the majority of them are men (2/3) and women (1/3), and most of them are elderly. More than 80% of them are elderly people over 60 years old, and more than 75% of them have one or more basic diseases, and these basic diseases are cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes, and some patients have basic diseases such as tumors.
Jiao Yahui said that for the elderly who are old and have basic diseases, as long as they are infected with pneumonia, it is a high-risk factor in clinic, and the mortality rate itself is very high, not because they are infected with pneumonia in novel coronavirus.
When talking about the current situation that the mortality rate in Wuhan is significantly higher than that in other provinces in China, Jiao Yahui analyzed that the severe patients in the early stage were mainly admitted to three designated hospitals, and the capacity of these three designated hospitals was far from enough. Other critically ill patients are scattered in more than 20 medical institutions, and the principle of "four concentrations" has not been fully implemented. These patients are scattered, which is not conducive to management. In addition, they are not managed by medical teams specializing in critical medicine, so the strength of high-quality medical resources is diluted to some extent, which is also a factor leading to a high mortality rate of critically ill patients.
She introduced that now, an independent hospital area of a third-class general hospital has been newly recruited as a designated hospital for treating critically ill patients, and a team of academicians has been organized to make rounds, and a national high-level hospital has been organized to take over the management of critically ill patients in these hospitals, and a series of systems have been established, including the patrol system of academicians, the multidisciplinary comprehensive treatment system and the holistic nursing system.
"At the same time, we have to do a good job in the rotation of medical staff, especially in the diagnosis and management of severe patients. The ratio of human resources needed is more than that of mild patients and ordinary patients, and the work intensity is very high, so it is necessary to increase the rotation, because it is also a very important measure to ensure the physical and mental health of medical staff. We hope that by adopting these comprehensive measures, we can exert the effect as soon as possible. I believe that it will not take long for this effect to appear, and the mortality rate in Wuhan should gradually decline. " Jiao Yahui said. (End)
关于作者