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As LSMU Professor M. Stankūnas explained, the positive epidemiological trends, which have long pleased us, have come to a halt today.
And this can be observed in so many new cases in 14 days 10 thousand. population and the percentage of positive tests in the dynamics of indicators. And what happened is that we really see that the effective reproduction size (Rt) of the virus is exceeded per unit. If we had a value below 1 for the entire Christmas period, the pandemic was in a descending mode, so now we see more than one, and that overflow occurred on February 21. We cannot say whether it will stay within that limit or not at this time, “he said after the meeting with the president.
According to M. Stankūnas, we can be happy that, for the third day in a row, we have a fixed number of single-digit COVID-19 deaths.
“There has been no such thing for more than 100 days, the last time a single digit death toll was recorded was on November 8,” he said.
More municipalities where the spread resumes
An analysis of how the situation looks in different ways was also presented.
“What we see is that in more than a third of the municipalities this year, Rt is more than one unit. Evaluating on January 19. According to data from the meeting with the president, there were only 4 of those municipalities at that time. This has now led to more municipalities where a certain resumption of the epidemic can be observed, ”said M. Stankūnas.
According to him, the highest values are observed in the municipalities of the Širvintos, Anykščiai and Švenčionys district; here the 7-day Rt indicator reaches 1.5.
“But these are small municipalities and these fluctuations are very common,” he said.
On Tuesday, the Council of Health Experts provided President Gitan Nausė with the latest data on the progress of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Head of State also discussed with the members of the Council the European Health Union, immunity passports, and will discuss the latest research on immunity against COVID-19.
482 new cases
Last day 482 new cases of COVID-19 were identified in the country, seven people died, the Statistics Department said on Tuesday.
Incidence of coronavirus infection in the last 14 days 100 thousand. the population reaches 242.8 cases.
In Lithuania, since the start of the pandemic, COVID-19 has affected 194 thousand people. 833 people.
Statistically recovered and currently 180 thousand live. 640 people, declared – 132 thousand. 430 recovered. Statistically, there are currently 8,122 sick people, the declared number of patients is 56 thousand. 501.
The Department of Statistics considers that a person declared sick has a confirmed case and the end of the disease has not been confirmed by a doctor. A statistically ill person is one for whom illness has been confirmed in the last 28 days. After this period, the person is considered statistically healthy.
A total of 3,189 people died in Lithuania from COVID-19. 6,207 deaths are directly and indirectly related to this infectious disease.
Last day, 3,567 people received the first dose of the vaccine and 1,524 people received the second. In Lithuania, the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine was administered to a total of 125,000 people. 518 people, in both doses: 68 thousand. 651 people.
Last day 6,527 molecular tests (PCR) were carried out on the presumed coronavirus in the country, for a total of 2 million cases since the beginning of the pandemic. 51,452.
In addition, 517 antigen tests were performed daily. A total of 30 thousand of them were made. 149.
The proportion of positive diagnostic tests in the past seven days is 7.8 percent.
Lithuanian hospitals are currently treating 1,002 COVID-19 patients, 98 of whom are in resuscitation, 821 patients are receiving oxygen supplementation, and 57 patients are receiving artificial lung ventilation.
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