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Lithuanian Statistics reports that 995 new cases have been registered in Lithuania during the last day. 9 more people died. 1,428 people joined the ranks of those who recovered.
During the last day, 10,712 investigations were conducted in Lithuania on the suspected coronavirus.
Up to 26,380 people received the first vaccine on Friday and 3,313 people received the second.
112 coronavirus patients were hospitalized on Friday.
A total of 941 people are fighting the virus in medical institutions, of which 93 are being treated in resuscitation.
A total of 225,308 people were diagnosed with coronavirus in Lithuania. There are currently 11,370 sick people and 205,768 people are healthy.
The rate of new illnesses in the last 14 days is 100,000. the population reaches 422.3 cases. The proportion of positive diagnostic tests in the last seven days is 7.6 percent.
People ages 40 to 99 died of COVID-19 last day
Nine people died from COVID-19 last day, they were between 40 and 99 years old, according to data released by the Department of Statistics on Saturday.
Three of the dead were between 80 and 89 years old, two between 70 and 79 years old and between 90 and 99 years old.
One death belonged to the age groups 40-49 and 50-59 years. 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 3,671 people died in Lithuania from COVID-19. 7,453 deaths are directly and indirectly related to this infectious disease.
The majority of COVID-19 deaths, 1,317, occurred in the 80-89-year-old age group. The four dead were between 20 and 29 years old.
There is a restless mood in hospitals.
The Santara clinics predict that the peak of COVID-19 hospitalized patients will persist for about two weeks.
According to the report of the medical institution, in the last three days, between 70 and 80 patients were admitted to hospitals in the Vilnius region instead of 50.
“The so-called third wave, which we expected and for which we are preparing, is not growing gradually, but with a larger number of patients than usual,” the report quoted Aušra Bilotienė Motiejūnienė, managing director of Santara Clinics.
According to the report, the greater extent of the infection and the number of patients are associated with the spread of the British strain of the virus in Lithuania.
According to the Santara clinics, more than half of the patients hospitalized in the clinics are infected with this strain.
Propagation of varieties
An additional 442 cases of British and one South African coronavirus strains have been identified in Lithuania, the National Public Health Laboratory (NSPL), which coordinates the sequencing studies, reported on Friday.
94 samples were examined in the laboratory of the Santara Clinics of the Vilnius University Hospital, of which 27 cases were assigned to the British strain. It constitutes 64 percent. (14 of 22) Vilnius, the only Kaunas, 11 percent. (7 of 65) Klaipėda, three out of four samples from Alytus, and both samples from Utena County were tested in this lab this week.
678 samples were analyzed in the reference laboratory of the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control, of which 415 belonged to the British line and one to the South African line. The last case belongs to Vilnius County.
15% have already been vaccinated. Lithuanian population
The increase in vaccine deliveries in recent weeks has allowed municipalities to accelerate vaccination rates. Vaccination records have been recorded for several weeks in a row, and the proportion of the population vaccinated surpassed 15 percent on Friday, the Ministry of Health (SAM) said in a statement.
After producers increased supply volumes, Lithuania received 360 thousand LTL in March. vaccine dose. This, according to SAM, led to a significant increase in vaccination rates in the second half of March and early April.
March 22-28. made the biggest progress of the week so far: 75,000 were vaccinated. people. March 29 to April 4 this number increased to almost 90 thousand. In the first four days of this week, nearly 55,000 people were vaccinated. people, and on Thursday, April 8, a one-day vaccination record was reached: 24,000 people were vaccinated. people.
Vaccination for civil servants
On Friday, Commissioner General of Police Renatas Požėla thanked the heads of the municipalities for the initiative to vaccinate police officers. However, he noted that so far only 16 police officers have received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
“We have municipal leaders to thank for really reaching out to us, and thanks to the municipal initiative, we have more than 2,000 vaccinated police officers and other servants.” We hope that during mass vaccination, those numbers will increase significantly, and we hope that that breakthrough happens next week, “he said.
