Lithuania ranks sixth in Europe in terms of coronavirus morbidity and mortality

We are in sixth place in the group of countries of the European Union and the European Economic Area in terms of morbidity and mortality, reported the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).

A week ago, Lithuania also ranked sixth in terms of morbidity and fifth in Europe in terms of morbidity.

In the last two weeks, the morbidity rate in Lithuania a week ago was 598.39 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants, mortality – 154.61 cases per 1 million inhabitants.

Portugal still has the highest morbidity and mortality rates. Here, the morbidity rate is 1,652.47 cases per 100,000. population, mortality: 362.86 cases per million inhabitants.

A week ago in Portugal, the morbidity rate was 1,429.43 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants, mortality 247.55 – 1 million. population.

Spain ranked second with COVID-19, followed by the Czech Republic.

In Spain, the morbidity rate at two weeks is 1,036.18 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and the mortality rate is 113.17 cases per million inhabitants. In the Czech Republic, the incidence is 896.51 and the mortality is 182.44.

According to the COVID-19 morbidity indicator, neighboring Latvia is not much different from us. Here it is 550.89 boxes per 100,000. population. A week ago, this indicator was almost the same as it is now in Lithuania: 595.84 cases. The death rate in Latvia is 113.02 cases per million population.

In Estonia, the morbidity rate is 518.11 cases per 100,000. population, mortality: 64.91 cases per million inhabitants.

In Poland, the morbidity and mortality rates are 196.12 and 99.36 cases, respectively.

The lowest incidence of coronavirus remains in Iceland. Here it equates to only 10.92 cases per 100,000. population, mortality rate – 0.

However, although the morbidity rate in Lithuania is decreasing, the percentage of positive cases, compared to the scope of the tests, does not change slightly.

When asked by Delfi why this is the case and if it means that the quarantine is not working as it should, Julijanas Gališanskis, Chief Specialist of the Press Service of the Ministry of Health, replied: “The impact of the quarantine must be assessed on the basis of statistics a longer term and also based on morbidity data. The proportion of positive tests is currently stable due to a reduction in the number of tests, which will change as test volumes increase. Morbidity at 14 days 100 thousand. the population surpassed 1,000 in December and has now fallen below 500 and continues to decline. In this context, we can say that quarantine restrictions are effective, but it takes more time to bring morbidity back to a safer level and prevent a new jump in disease cases. As a result, the government decided last week to extend the quarantine for one more month.

Restrictions on movement between municipalities have reduced population mobility, which has had a positive effect on the epidemiological situation. The restrictions also apply to large supermarkets: only certain categories of stores are allowed to operate, the flow of customers is restricted, the requirements of safe distance and public health, safety, hygiene and provision of the necessary personal protective equipment must be met .

These and other quarantine measures work best when applied comprehensively. Reducing restrictions and easing quarantine could have a negative impact on the epidemiological situation in the country until herd immunity against COVID-19 is achieved. “