The coronavirus is transmitted in hospitals, nursing homes and prisons

According to the data of the Center, after the confirmation of 1976 new cases of coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in Lithuania last day, most of them were registered in Kaunas – 451 and in Vilnius – 404.

Another 291 cases were detected in Šiauliai, 281 cases in Klaipėda, 160 – in Panevėžys, 142 – in Telšiai counties.

75 cases of infection were confirmed in Taurag, 59 in Marijampolė, 52 in Utena, and 49 in Alytus counties. 12 cases have not yet been assigned to any region of the country due to lack of information. The regions to which to assign these cases will be determined after the epidemiological study.

On Saturday, coronavirus cases related to the outbreak were recorded in the Nursing and Maintenance Department of the Varėna Hospital, where a total of 25 related infection cases were recorded during the week.

In addition, seven more cases of coronavirus were confirmed last day, related to the outbreak at the Ramučiai nursing home in Kaunas district. A total of 15 COVID-19 cases have been reported here in recent days.

Furthermore, on the last day, outbreak-related cases were recorded in Šiauliai Remand Center, where a total of 12 infections were recorded, in Šiaulių vandenys, where a total of 18 infections were recorded, as well as in Šiauliai Dermės school, where they are currently confirmed 24 cases. outbreaks of infection.

Last day, cases related to outbreaks were also reported in the branches of the Kazlų Rūda Social Support Center, Pasvalys Social Services Center, Biržai, Tauragė, Šilalė and Raseiniai hospitals.

In addition, yesterday there were cases of infection related to the outbreak in the artillery battalion of Brigadier General M. Pečiulionis in Šilalė district. In addition, cases related to the outbreak continued to be recorded in the Kybartai sector of the Marijampolė Correctional Institution, where a total of 56 cases of infection were recorded. The outbreak also continues in the Marijampolė Correctional Facility, where a total of 32 cases of coronavirus infection were registered.

An epidemiological diagnosis of 1,052 cases is currently being carried out, and the rest will be made on Sunday.

Cases in which the circumstances of human infection are not clear, i. y Epidemiological studies have shown that people did not travel abroad, did not communicate with confirmed cases of COVID-19, and 158 are currently registered.

According to currently available data, 172 cases related to outbreaks in families were registered in Lithuania on the last day.

People aged 50 to 89 died of coronavirus, mainly in Vilnius county

The coronavirus killed 11 people in the last day, ranging in age from 50 to 89, and had comorbidities, the National Center for Public Health said Sunday.

According to the Center, four deaths were recorded in Vilnius County. People belonged to the age groups of 50 to 59, 70 to 79 and 80 to 89 years; In Kaunas County, three cases were reported for the age groups 70-79 and 80-89 years.

Two more deaths were recorded in Panevėžys County, the deaths belonged to the age groups 70-79 and 80-89.

A person between 80 and 89 years old died in Alytus County, another person between 70 and 79 years old died in Marijampolė County.

In addition, the last day there were seven deaths in coronavirus deaths from other causes.

Currently, the infection has claimed 491 lives.

SAM: number of hospital beds varies when converting to COVID-19

When institutions report coronavirus statistics on a daily basis, the total number of hospital beds varies from day to day. The Ministry of Health (SAM) says that only beds that are used are reported, and the differences also stem from the redesign of facilities to treat COVID-19 patients.

The statistics of 61 Lithuanian medical institutions providing hospital treatment services are published in the statistics released by the Statistics Department this week and are previously reported to SAM on a daily basis. However, not all institutions provide this data on a daily basis, so the number of beds varies depending on the number of treatment facilities provided on a given day.

For example, on October 25, according to data provided by 59 out of 61 institutions, there were 17,120 beds in Lithuania, but on October 27, after receiving data from the same number of institutions, there were already 17,367 beds.

On October 28, after receiving data from all the institutions, the total number of beds was 17,588.

However, on November 3, when data from all treatment facilities were also released, the number of beds was slightly less than 17,483. On November 20, also after receiving data from all treatment facilities, the number of beds was already 16,805. it was even slightly lower than 16,686, again reaching 16,801 on November 24.

According to SAM, the number of beds may decrease when a COVID-19 patient enters isolation rooms.

“If other patients are not accommodated in the same room, other patients will not be included in the total number of beds,” the ministry told BNS.

In addition, beds, according to SAM, are being reduced by converting simple rooms into those intended for the treatment of patients with COVID-19.

“The reorganization of simple rooms into COVID-19 patient rooms leaves ‘active’ beds with oxygen, and others are not counted because no one will be placed in them,” SAM said in a response.

Two cases of coronavirus were detected in employees of the tissue farm in Radviliškis district

On the last day, two cases of coronavirus were detected in employees of a tissue farm located in the Radviliškis district, the National Public Health Center (NVSC) reported on Sunday.

The center reported that an epidemiological study is currently being carried out, with no association between the diseases of these people yet. According to the NVSC, the company’s employees will be screened prophylactically.

Jurgita Savickaitė, representative of the State Food and Veterinary Service, informed BNS on Sunday that the diseases had been detected in the tissue farm of the company “Šiaurės lapė” operating in Pavartyčiai.

According to data received by the Authority, workers infected by COVID-19 did not work directly with animals.

“No morbidity or mortality was observed among the tissues, the situation is known, the farm is monitored,” said J. Savickaitė.

Virginija Rubanienė, director of Šiaurės lapė, told BNS on Sunday that an employee had been treated at Radviliškis Hospital for other ailments and had not been working since November 14. She was diagnosed with coronavirus on Friday after being tested before being sent to rehab.

Another employee was diagnosed with the infection on Thursday, but, according to V. Rubanienė, she had no closer contact with other employees or worked with live animals.

“We have not had animals since Friday,” said V. Rubanienė.

She assured that 50 thousand. the tissues grown on the farm were put to sleep because “it is ripe and the time has come.” According to the director, in the past, animals raised for the fur industry were tested for infection in accordance with all requirements and no cases were identified.

This week, the first outbreak of Covid-19 was recorded on Thursday at a tissue farm in the Jonava district. The Agriculture Ministry said this week that it is confident that other tissue farms will not hide the outbreak if this occurs and will inform services urgently.

Coronavirus tissues grown in Lithuania were tested preventively when outbreaks of this virus were detected in tissue farms in Denmark, and later in Spain, Italy, the United States, the Netherlands, Sweden and Greece.

Danish authorities reported in early November that the coronavirus had mutated in tissues, carrying the risk that the altered virus could be fully or partially resistant to vaccines currently in development, rendering them ineffective or only partially effective.