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During yesterday 766 cases of coronavirus infection were confirmed in Lithuania. 208 cases were confirmed in Vilnius county, 170 in Klaipėda, 166 in Kaunas, 112 in Šiauliai, 60 in Telšiai, 28 in Panevėžys, 9 in Marijampolė, 7 in Tauragė, 4 in Alytus, 2 in Utena.
Of the 766 cases, 468 cases have not been investigated. Of the 298 cases investigated yesterday, the largest outbreaks were in Plungė d. sav. in a hospital outbreak where 17 cases were confirmed. 9 cases were confirmed in the Kuršėnai hospital outbreak. Additionally, 9 cases were confirmed in the Klaipeda Republican Hospital outbreak.
In Kaunas County, a case of death of a person who belonged to the age group 60-70 years and had other comorbidities was recorded. During the epidemiological diagnosis of the outbreak, it was established that the case is related to the outbreak of the Department of Neurosurgery of the Kaunas Clinics of LSMU.
Today a report was received that on October 16. A Telšiai County resident in the 50-60 age group died. The person had other comorbidities. The person may have been infected in the family.
In addition, one death for other reasons was recorded in Vilnius County. The person belonged to the age group of 50 to 60 years.
NVSC reports that a total of 10,949 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Lithuania, 6,600 people are still ill and 4,166 have recovered.
For their part, public health professionals urge people to follow all measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection: hand hygiene, coughing, sneeze etiquette, use of personal protective equipment, physical distance and more. .
Information from the National Center for Public Health
