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During the previous day, 1,300 new cases of coronavirus were detected in Lithuania. A total of 312,481 people have already registered for COVID-19 in the country. Currently sick 10553.
Another 8 patients died on Wednesday. Of these, 5 are not vaccinated. The virus has already claimed 4,751 victims in Lithuania.
Incidence of coronavirus infection in the last 14 days 100 thousand. the population reaches 434.1 cases.
290,304 people have already recovered from COVID-19. 732 people recovered in the last day.
3608 people were vaccinated with the first dose of the vaccine on Wednesday.
The second dose of the vaccine was received by 5,720 people on Wednesday.
In Lithuania, 312,336 people received the first dose of the vaccine.
1,399,979 had already been vaccinated with the second dose of the vaccine.
A total of 1,584,435 people were fully vaccinated in Lithuania.
14,475 PCR samples were analyzed during the previous day. A total of 3,749,621 samples have already been analyzed.
Vaccines protect against the delta strain
The Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine is also effective against the delta strain of coronavirus, as well as protecting against complications and death, according to data analysis by Statistics Lithuania.
According to a study published by the government on Wednesday, the effectiveness of this vaccine against the delta strain is 77 to 80 percent.
“Complete vaccination has about five times less risk of infection, it is a highly effective vaccine, which is, I would say, amazing results,” Jonas Bačelis, representative of Statistics from Lithuania, told reporters.
He highlighted that the vaccine was more effective in young people and in those who had recently been vaccinated (more than 90%).
Due to hospitalization, the effectiveness of the vaccine reaches 83-92 percent. Unvaccinated people are ten times more likely to be hospitalized for COVID-19 than vaccinated people.
Unvaccinated people are at least 20 times more likely to die than vaccinated people, the analysis shows.
Aurelija Žvirblienė, a professor at the Vilnius University Life Sciences Center, says this study is important because these data from Lithuania did not exist before.
“This study deserves the broadest attention of the international community … It gives us important information both about the virus itself and about vaccines, and allows us to compare the context of different countries,” said the professor.
The largest number of patients in hospitals is in the Klaipėda and Šiauliai regions
The number of COVID-19 patients in hospitals is increasing across the country, but especially in the Klaipėda and Šiauliai regions, says Loreta Ašoklienė, representative of the Ministry of Health.
“The situation in hospitals remains tense and we see that the number of people hospitalized is increasing every day (…) Hospitalizations are increasing in all regions, but especially in the Klaipėda and Šiauliai regions, where growth is higher” the country said. The chief epidemiologist said Wednesday.
According to her, the overall occupancy is currently around 75 percent. Beds for COVID-19 patients, but so far the occupancy of the hospital for COVID-19 patients does not affect scheduled services.
“When talking to personal health care institutions, the benchmarks are that if they occupy about a thousand beds (for inpatients), scheduled services are not affected, about 90-100 occupied resuscitation beds are also not affected. scheduled services, “said L. Ašoklienė.
“Otherwise, it is necessary to increase the number of beds at the expense of other services,” he added.
Outbreaks in schools
There are currently 99 active coronavirus outbreaks in Lithuanian schools, and around 2.5 thousand in isolation. Julius Lukošius, Chancellor of the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports (ŠMSM), briefed the students.
“Currently, we have 99 active outbreaks in schools, with 320 primary infections and about 2,400 high-risk contacts, which is estimated at 2.5 thousand. students should be isolated at this time, ”said J. Lukošius during the Seimas Education and Science Committee session on Wednesday.
The chancellor also said that about 37 percent are involved in voluntary testing. students, and this “allows cases to be detected before they spread to school.”
“We are happy that the test is successful, it helps to detect cases of the disease before they spread in school, we had figures last week that about 37 percent are involved in the tests.” Lithuanian students, ”said the Chancellor.
