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Last day, Friday, 334 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) were confirmed in Lithuania, 4 more infected people died, the Department of Statistics reported on Saturday.
A total of 276,256 people have become ill with COVID-19 in Lithuania since the start of the pandemic (of which 266,079 were laboratory confirmed).
Since the start of the pandemic, 4,302 people have died from illness caused by the COVID-19 virus.
Four people infected with coronavirus died last day, one of whom died in the age group of 40 to 49 years. One person in the age groups of 70-79, 80-89, and 90-99 each also died.
According to the Department of Statistics, the average number of new cases per day in the last 7 days is 332. The number of new cases in 14 days per 100,000 inhabitants currently stands at 209.1 cases. The proportion of positive diagnostic tests in 7 days is 1.9% and possibly 45.3% have already acquired immunity. people.
A total of 259,591 people have recovered so far (statistically), the declared number is 209,417.
Currently, the number of sick people statistically is 6792 (declared: 56 966).
According to the Department of Statistics, a declared patient is a person for whom a disease case has been confirmed, but the disease card has not yet been closed, the end of the disease has not been confirmed by a doctor.
A statistical patient is a person for whom disease has been confirmed in the last 28 days. After this period, the person is considered healthy.
321 cases were investigated epidemiologically per day. Due to the risk exposure, 1056 people were isolated per day. In total, there are currently 44,558 people in self-isolation.
During the previous day 19,426 people were vaccinated with the first vaccine dose and 19,329 with the second vaccine, a total of 658,683 people were vaccinated with two doses of the vaccine and 1,753,947 vaccines were used.
72 people recently admitted to hospitals were also diagnosed with COVID-19 last day. Oxygen therapy was started in 48 new patients and one with artificial lung ventilation.
Of the 1403 COVID-19 beds, 568 were occupied.
Last day 12,099 molecular tests (PCR) were carried out on the presumed coronavirus, for a total of 3,088,688 since the start of the pandemic, as well as 8,835 antigen tests and 298 antibody tests per day.
Reactions to vaccines
In May, 986 reports of adverse reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine were received, 48 of which were serious, the State Drug Enforcement Service reported Friday.
Myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle, has been reported for the first time. It happened after the Moderna vaccine.
“This is a 20-year-old boy treated in a hospital,” said Rugilė Pilvinienė, senior advisor to the Service’s Pharmacovigilance and Poisoning Information Division.
This is the first report in Lithuania on such a situation.
“It seems a lot to be related to vaccination, because there are no other reasons to explain why this could have happened to a young man in his twenties,” said R. Pilvinienė.
He said there were several dozen reports of numbness in parts of the body, as well as several dozen cases of increased blood pressure.
“The absolute number of (adverse reactions – adverse reactions – SNB) is increasing, constantly increasing as the number of people vaccinated increases, but the percentage of people who report decreases,” said Gytis Andrulionis, head of the service, during a conference press on Friday.
There were 370 reports of the Pfizer vaccine, 0.9 reports of adverse reactions per 1,000 vaccinated, 101 reports per 1,000 vaccines after Moderna vaccine and 1.5 reports per 1,000 vaccinated, 483 reports per 1,000 vaccines after vaccination. AstraZeneca vaccine or 4.1 reports per 1,000 vaccinated. and 29 reports after Johnson & Johnson, or 1.7 reports per 1,000 vaccinated. The name of the vaccine was not mentioned in three reports.
Reduce the number of beds
As the epidemiological situation of COVID-19 improves and the number of patients treated in hospitals decreases, the number of beds for the treatment of this disease in the Kaunas region will be reduced from Monday, reported Kaunas Clinics.
“We can be happy that we can not only reduce the number of beds, but also completely close the beds for COVID-19 in some support hospitals, allowing the institutions to return to pre-pandemic conditions. After the second pandemic. wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the first institution of its kind was the Prienai Hospital. After the third wave, the Kėdainiai Hospital, “said Vaidotas Gurskis, Head of the Kaunas Region Management Group for COVID-19 Disease .
According to him, the reduction in the number of beds is possible due to the further decrease in the number of newcomers per day for two consecutive weeks (from 23 to 11) and the decrease in the occupancy of active treatment beds for inpatients. up to 40 percent.
New vaccines
The European Medicines Agency is expected to register two new coronavirus vaccines in June, which Lithuania also ordered, says Gytis Andrulionis, director of the State Agency for Medicines Control (IARC).
“In terms of short-term registrations, CureVac and Novavax are the closest candidates that should be approved and directly affect Lithuania, because contracts and obligations have been concluded with them,” G. Andrulionis said at a press conference on Friday.
According to him, the record of these preparations “can also be expected this month.”
