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3 percent test results performed on Thursday were positive. Yuri Perevoshchikov, director of the Infectious Disease Risk Analysis and Prevention Department at the Center for Disease Prevention and Control, previously said 3 percent. it would be a critical threshold indicating that the virus is spreading rapidly and is not under control.
Since the beginning of the epidemic in Latvia, almost 354 thousand. The tests identified a total of 2,507 cases of coronavirus infection, 40 people died from the disease and 1,322 recovered.
During the previous day, 10 patients were hospitalized for COVID-19. Of the 47 coronavirus infections currently being treated in hospitals, five are severe and the other moderate.
“Don’t follow the rules”
In Latvia, the number of people infected with COVID-19 is increasing because people do not comply with the safety requirements established by the government, the chief infectious disease specialist of the country’s Ministry of Health, Uga Dumpis, told LETA.
When asked why there was a sharp increase in coronavirus cases in Latvia, he said they were increasing everywhere except Norway.
“Everyone is doing something wrong, and the bad thing is that people do not follow the rules they must follow,” emphasized the infectologist.
Records also in Poland
The highest daily numbers of new coronavirus infections and deaths from COVID-19 since the outbreak were reported in Poland for the second day in a row on Thursday, with information from health services cited by Polish public radio on Thursday.
On Thursday, 4,280 new cases of COVID-19 were registered in the country and 76 people infected with the coronavirus died.
On Wednesday, there were 3,003 new infections registered and 75 patients died.
The total number of people infected with the coronavirus in the country has risen to 111,599 since the epidemic began in March and 2,876 people have died, authorities said.
According to the Ministry of Health, among the most recent victims are people between 47 and 99 years old. Eight of them were directly attributed to coronavirus infection, while the other 68 also had comorbidities.
The day before, 58 deaths of COVID-19 patients and 2,236 new infections were recorded in Poland. The previous maximum number of new COVID-19 cases detected in a single day was recorded last Saturday, when the disease was confirmed in 2,367 patients.
As of Tuesday morning, 4,000 patients with coronavirus infection were still being treated at the country’s medical facilities, 283 of whom required artificial lung ventilation.
A total of 76,490 people have recovered from COVID-19 in Poland to date, including 1,144 in the last day, according to the Ministry of Health.
The Polish health minister warned on Tuesday that the rapidly increasing number of infections in the country would lead to “zero tolerance” for people who violate sanitation rules and that violators would be “severely punished.”
From Saturday, protective masks will be mandatory in public places and outdoors throughout Poland, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki was quoted as saying by public broadcaster TVP Info.
“The second wave has caught up with us and we must respond decisively,” the head of government told reporters, adding that now the 38 million territory of the country of residence will be considered a “yellow zone.”
“30% of the cases of infection. More than yesterday. If this dynamic continues, it means that [per parą registruojamų] “The number of infected people can double every three days,” warned M. Morawieckis.
“We want to follow a strategy similar to what we had a few months ago,” but “so far” a strict quarantine is not needed, he added.
According to the prime minister, Poland has “around 500 free lung ventilators”, and 60% of the hospital beds reserved for COVID-19 patients remain free.
However, the media reported that beds were already tight in the parts of the country most affected by the epidemic.
Starting Saturday, 38 counties will be considered “red” zones, with stricter restrictions on public and family events.
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