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Currently, 2,147 people with or have had coronavirus in Lithuania. According to R. Lingienė, according to the data this morning, 31 people have been hospitalized, two of them are being treated in resuscitation and intensive care units, and their condition is serious. Another part of the people is treated on an outpatient basis.
“We follow the situation every day, it is not epidemiologically favorable, it is not the best moment, but not the worst either, as it was from March to mid-April. But yes, it is really disturbing and above all disturbing not so much the numbers, but the spread of the infection practically throughout Lithuania “, said the director of NVSC in the program” Delfi Rytas “.
According to the specialist, previously the infection was mainly localized in Vilnius, Vilnius district, Kaunas, Klaipeda.
“After the fires were put out in the health institutions, which is very positive in the epidemiological sense, because the institutions can receive patients, there were few cases, but in all of Lithuania,” noted R. Lingienė.
According to the interviewee, about 20 percent. Of the total number of new coronavirus cases detected are imported, the number rose to around 25% in July.
“But a similar percentage, maybe a little less, of cases that are spreading and it is not clear where they are spreading. The infected people do not indicate where they may have been infected, epidemiologists have nothing to do with it and thus break the chain of spreading that infection, ”said R. Lingienė.
The NVSC director said that during the first wave, the largest outbreaks occurred in health care institutions and social care institutions, but now many people are also infected in companies and their workplaces.
“In fact, a lot of people catch it from other people in their workplaces, especially if they don’t feel any symptoms, or don’t feel them yet, or there have been cases where those people have been really irresponsible and have gone to work sick. According to the latest data, in July it is a personal family vacation (it becomes a place where the most common are Delphi). It really is transmitted from all over Lithuania and then it carries this infection to the regions “, commented R. Lingienė.
According to the interlocutor, various concerts and festivals are becoming a place of contamination.
Speaking of the situation in Poland, where the number of 100 thousand. R. Lingienė had no doubt that this country would be included in the list of high risk countries.
“I do not see what miracle should happen here, that this Friday, like several others, this country would not be included in the list of affected countries and it would not be necessary to isolate itself from Monday,” said R. Lingienė.
The National Public Health Center (NVSC) reported this Wednesday that ten new cases of coronavirus infection (COVID-19) were confirmed yesterday in Lithuania. Four cases were registered in Kaunas county, three in Vilnius, two in Panevėžys, another case was confirmed in Šiauliai county.
After contact with the patient, four people became infected. At the time, it was unclear how six more people were infected. No import cases were recorded during the previous day.
The circumstances of the infection of six people are unclear.
The first case was established in Kaunas County for a person who on July 31st. Symptoms similar to those of the coronavirus. The extent of human infection has not been established in an epidemiological study. According to preliminary data, three people had contact.
It is not known how another person became infected in Kaunas County. The person has been examined prophylactically and has no characteristic symptoms of infection. The primary data was found to have been in contact with three people.
The third case was confirmed in Vilnius County. How the person became infected is unclear. He sought medical attention for his deteriorating health. According to preliminary data, two people had contact.
The fourth case was confirmed in Šiauliai County in a person who experienced characteristic symptoms of the coronavirus. How the person became infected is unclear. The epidemiological investigation is continuing, collecting information on exposed persons.
It is also unclear at this time how someone else got infected in Vilnius County. According to preliminary data, one person was at high risk of close exposure. The epidemiological investigation is ongoing.
Furthermore, the circumstances of another case in Vilnius County are still unclear. Epidemiologists are currently conducting a study and the information needs to be updated.
After contact with the sick, four became infected.
The seventh case was confirmed for a Panevėžys County resident who had contact with patients with the COVID-19 disease. This case is symptomatic. Two people had close contact. This case is related to the outbreak at a sheriff’s office in Panevėžys. This is already the sixteenth case, including the day confirmed yesterday.
The eighth was established for a person (Kaunas County) a person who had contact with a person with confirmed COVID-19 disease. July 29 Symptoms similar to those of the coronavirus. From July 24. the person was isolated, so no exposed contacts were identified. This case is secondary, related to the outbreak at the UAB Kauno Autobusai, and it is already the fifteenth case of contagion related to this outbreak.
Another case (Kaunas County) was confirmed in a person who had interacted with an infected coronavirus. The person experienced characteristic symptoms of the infection. This case is secondary, related to the “Breakout – Taurage” excursion. This is the eighth case in this approach.
The tenth case was confirmed (Panevėžys county) to a person who on July 31. characteristic symptoms of coronavirus infection. The person was found to be infected by a sick relative. One person had contact.
In Lithuania: the 81st death
The NVSC reports that a person infected with coronavirus has died at the VUL Santara clinics. This is the 81st death in the country. The deceased belonged to the age group 50 to 59 years.
COVID-19 was confirmed in one person on July 7. The man is believed to have been infected while traveling in the Czech Republic. At the VUL Santara clinics, the person has been treated since July 21.
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