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According to the Department of Statistics website, the number of Covid-19 infections has increased rapidly in the Kelmė district for several days in a row. It is said that currently the number of cases in the district is 100,000. population in the last two weeks is 254.
A week ago, the district of Kelmė was one of the districts with the lowest morbidity in the country, this indicator did not reach 50 last Friday.
The municipality noted discrepancies
The Kelmė district municipality notes that the high morbidity rates published by Statistics Lithuania as of Wednesday do not correspond to reality.
The Statistics Department announced Wednesday that 17 new cases were detected in the Kelmė district on March 30. The Kelmė district municipality announced on social media that this data is incorrect.
“17 confirmed cases have been reported, on which the Kelmė Division of the Šiauliai Department of the National Center for Public Health of the Ministry of Health has no data,” the municipality wrote.
On Thursday, Statistics Lithuania reported 43 new coronavirus cases detected in Kelmė district. The municipality also denied this information. Later on Thursday, an explanation was received from Statistics Lithuania that a mistake had probably been made when compiling the data.
“Where did that sudden increase in COVID-19 cases in Kelmė district in the last two days come from? No, this is not an April 1 joke. Most likely it is just human error when entering the data The data analysts at Statistics Lithuania have carefully examined the data received from e-health and the recent case records in Kelm distrito district. According to them, it is likely that instead of the vaccination form, the employees of the care institution primary school fill out the confirmed case form and those vaccinated are classified as COVID-19 cases, ”said the Department of Statistics.
The municipality said Friday that no new infections had been detected in the district on April 1, either.
The data is still wrong
On Saturday morning, Kelmė District Municipality shared a message from Egidijus Ūksas, Deputy Mayor of Kelmė District Municipality, Acting Mayor. Morbidity figures published in the area on Saturday are also reported to be incorrect.
District of „Kelmė. the municipality already has March 31st. noted discrepancies in the information published by the Department of Statistics on the incidence of COVID-19 in the territory of the district municipality of Kelmė. Some have tried to link it to April 1. a joke, but no jokes in mind. Errors in the data transmission were corrected, the information was transmitted to the Records Center, Kelmė PSPC, and the heads of the municipality were in permanent contact with the Statistics Department and the Records Center for the correction of the data presented.
Yesterday we were assured that we will see the correct data this Saturday, but unfortunately today, April 3. The data published by the Department of Statistics on the number of cases and patients in the district municipality of Kelmė once again does not correspond to reality ”, reports the municipality.
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