TIRANA, April 26 – Fourteen new coronavirus cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of infected patients to 726 in Albania. The majority of cases were identified in Kruja, which is currently facing an outbreak in two factories, followed by Tirana and Shkodra.
The 9 new cases identified in Kruja are linked to the employees of the two factories in the city, while the four new cases identified in Tirana are related to the outbreak in Prison 313.
Furthermore, a 60-year-old coronavirus patient died on Sunday morning in Albania, bringing the death toll to 28 victims. He had been hospitalized for two weeks at the ‘Shefqet Ndroqi’ Hospital and was suffering from several underlying health conditions.
So far, tests have been conducted on 7279 people. A total of 36 patients are being treated at the Infectious Diseases Hospital and the ‘COVID 2’ Hospital, six of whom are in intensive care and two are intubated.
So far, a total of 410 patients who tested positive for the coronavirus in Albania have now recovered. However, they will have to be quarantined at home for 14 days.
Currently, the geographical distribution of the infected patients across Albania is as follows:
Tirana 293 cases
Shkodër 104 cases
Kruja 92 cases
Durrës 42 cases
Fier 37 cases
Kurbin 31 cases
Korça 19 cases
Elbasan 18 cases
Kukës 18 cases
Lezha 14 cases
Has 14 cases
Kavaja 9 cases
Lushnje 7 cases
Vlora 5 cases
Puka 5 cases
Mirditë 5 cases
Rrogozhinë 4 cases
Tropoja 4 cases
Berat 3 cases
Mallakastër cases
Mat case
The Albanian government has restricted movement of vehicles and pedestrians throughout the territory by imposing a curfew from 5 a.m. to 17:30 p.m, with only one person per household being authorized to move. Last weekend, citizens were not allowed out of their houses on Saturday and Sunday. All international air, sea and land travel is banned and schools, kindergartens, bars, restaurants, hotels, stadiums, concert halls and parks are also closed.
