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“Of the 281 people who were infected yesterday, 77 percent, or 217, are ill because they interacted with people who have already been confirmed to have a coronavirus.” This is a large proportion of individuals and again there is good epidemiological news that 77 percent could be traced. circumstances of the infection, “said D. Razmuvienė during a press conference on Friday.
Ten cases of importation were also registered last day, representing 3.5 percent. of all cases.
“It is still 19.5 percent when the chain was impossible to trace. This number in Lithuania is still almost constant, from 18 to 20-22 percent, and that is a good sign, because the situation is still being tracked, and if the percentage is around 20, there is no great threat, because the spread is at critical points, ”he said. D. Razmuvienė, Chief Specialist, NVSC Communicable Disease Management Division.
According to her, of a total of 199 people hospitalized for coronavirus, 19 were treated severely in the intensive care unit, nine were treated with artificial lung ventilation and 80 were treated with oxygen masks.
New smokestacks were registered in nine counties, with Kaunas leading the number of new cases. More than half of the new cases were asymptomatic.
“The largest number of hotspots would be in two counties – the leader yesterday is Kaunas, 83 registered cases, 69 – in Vilnius, in another seven counties there is, say, only one case in Utena county, and in others – several dozen each one, “said the NVSC representative.
According to the epidemiologist, of the 281 newly diagnosed cases, 116 subjects experienced symptoms, that is, 41% did not experience symptoms similar to the coronavirus. There are 700 people who have been in contact with newly confirmed COVID-19 cases.
The NVSC previously reported that of 281 new COVID-19 cases diagnosed the previous day, 217 were infected from known patients, 10 imported cases were recorded, and the circumstances of the infection in 54 people are unclear.
177 of the cases for which the circumstances are known are associated with outbreaks: the virus spreads in hospitals and health centers.
Three import cases were recorded from France, two from Greece and one from Ukraine, the United Kingdom, Norway, the Netherlands and Sweden.
83 new cases were registered in Kaunas county, 69 in Vilnius, 38 in Klaipėda, 34 in Šiauliai, 26 in Telšiai, 14 in Marijampolė, nine in Panevėžys, seven in Tauragė and one in Utena counties.
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