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However, it is not only the approaching Easter and the spread of mutations that are worrying, the spring weather has made Lithuanians forget about the threats of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and is drawing groups to the countryside.
In the last day, 418 new cases of COVID-19 were detected in the country, eight people died from this infectious disease and 61 were cured, Lithuania Statistics reported Monday.
Last day 4,373 molecular tests (PCR) and 1,027 antigens were carried out in the country on suspicion of coronavirus.
The rate of new illnesses in the last 14 days is 100,000. the population reaches 311.2 cases. The proportion of positive diagnostic tests in the last seven days is 7.7 percent.
A total of 214,000 COVID-19 patients in Lithuania have fallen ill since the start of the pandemic. 365 people.
Statistically recovered and 197 thousand are currently living. 679 people, declared 154 thousand. 301 recovered. Statistically, there are currently 8857 sick people, the declared number of sick people is 52 thousand. 235.
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.
According to the department, the statistical rate of patients may be more accurate to assess the morbidity of the population, since among declared patients there may be cases in which the person is no longer ill but the family doctor has not confirmed the end of the illness. .
A total of 3,560 people have died in Lithuania since COVID-19. 7,215 deaths have been linked to this infectious disease, directly and indirectly.
Victims of the last day
Eight people died last day from COVID-19, between the ages of 60 and 89.
Four of the dead were between 80 and 89 years old, three between 70 and 79 years old and one between 60 and 69 years old.
All of these people died in hospitals.
The Statistics Department notes that the number of deaths per day is preliminary and can be replaced with records delayed within a few days.
A total of 3,560 people have died in Lithuania since COVID-19. 7,215 deaths have been linked to this infectious disease, directly and indirectly.
The highest number of deaths, 1,278, belonged to the age group 80-89 years from COVID-19. The four dead were between 20 and 29 years old.
Situation in Lithuanian hospitals
Lithuanian hospitals are currently treating 840 COVID-19 patients, 77 of them in resuscitation.
Oxygen is added to 714 patients and 49 patients receive artificial lung ventilation.
54 people were hospitalized for COVID-19 per day.
Vaccination also started on weekends.
As of Saturday, vaccinations also started in Lithuania on weekends. It is true that not all municipalities do this. Seniors, teachers, graduates and representatives of sports schools who have received the AstraZeneca vaccine are being vaccinated.
Immediately after the vaccination started on Saturday, it was immediately noticed that the most active Lithuanians were in the morning, and then they discovered themselves or went for walks. 3,000 were vaccinated per day. persons.
New restrictions went into effect over the weekend
On Saturday and Sunday, compatriots shared images of the checkpoints on social media. Traffic restrictions in Lithuania were renewed until April 6, using a larger force of police officers. Police Commissioner General Renatas Požėla warned on Friday that both mobile and fixed checkpoints would operate at the borders of municipalities across the country.
True, as with the above restrictions, it is possible to move between ring municipalities and metropolitan areas, travel for business, travel to and from airports and seaports and bus stations, and for other important reasons.
