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More than 2.4 thousand patients are treated in hospitals. COVID-19 patients
Hospitals are currently treating 2,429 COVID-19 patients, 216 of whom are in resuscitation.
Oxygen is required in 1,499 COVID-19 patients and artificial lung ventilation is used in 145 patients.
Of more than 16.6 thousand. Currently, in Lithuanian hospitals there are more than 8,000 occupied beds, of the 683 resuscitation beds: 419. Of the 635 beds in which artificial pulmonary ventilation can be applied, 251 are occupied and 2350 of the 6,386 beds with supply of oxygen.
Last day COVID-19 pandemic indicators
3,934 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Lithuania on WednesdayAnother 75 people died, three of them under 50 years of age. Most of the deaths were registered in Vilnius and Kaunas counties. In these regions, 17 deaths were recorded.
New and new record figures are being recorded, despite the fact that in Lithuania there has been a stricter quarantine for two weeks, in addition, a decrease in the mobility of the population is announced.
Professor at the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LSMU), infectologist Alvydas Laiškonis He said we still have to wait to see if the quarantine measures work.
Reduced mobility, he said, is not causing anything yet, as COVID-19 is widespread.
“It just came to our knowledge then [atvejų] and, apparently, the post-holiday, post-Christmas, now answer [susitikimai]. Only with mobility, we cannot guarantee anything, do not expect it. The virus has spread in the population and we certainly won’t have a decline anytime soon. ” 15 minutes commented on Wednesday.
The government has decided to entrust the Department of Statistics to carry out the COVID-19 statistical survey. According to the Minister of Health Arūnas Dulkis, this institution will now receive not only generalized data on new cases of contagion, people who have been in contact, but also detailed information on age, place of residence, place of work and data from health of sick people.
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