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10,000 were made in the country. Molecular antigen 211 (PCR) and 7171 test for suspected coronavirus.
The rate of new illnesses in the last 14 days is 100,000. the population reaches 452.5 cases. The proportion of positive diagnostic tests in the last seven days is 6.6 percent.
A total of 227 thousand COVID-19 patients in Lithuania have contracted since the beginning of the pandemic. 889 people.
Statistically recovered and currently 207 thousand are alive. 391 people, declared 163 thousand. 490 recovered. Statistically, there are currently 12 thousand sick people. 224 people, the declared number of patients reaches 56 thousand. 125.
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 GP has not confirmed the end of the illness. .
A total of 3,713 people have died in Lithuania since COVID-19. 7524 deaths are directly and indirectly related to this infectious disease.
The horrors experienced at the end of last year are remembered again in hospitals in the Vilnius region. The beds of COVID-19 patients fill up here at lightning speed, you have to turn your head where to put new patients. For their part, epidemiologists are anxious about the aroused desire of Lithuanians to travel the country, fearing that the virus will spread throughout the country.
People ages 60 to 99 died of COVID-19 last day
Twelve people died from COVID-19 last day, ranging in age from 60 to 99, according to data released by Statistics Lithuania on Tuesday.
The five dead were between 70 and 79 years old. Three deaths each belonged to the age groups 60-69 and 80-89 years. One of the dead was between 90 and 99 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.
1,040 COVID-19 patients are currently being treated in hospitals, 88 of whom are in resuscitation.
Lithuanian hospitals are currently treating 1,040 COVID-19 patients, 88 of them in resuscitation, Statistics Lithuania reported on Tuesday.
Oxygen is added to 903 patients and 56 patients receive artificial lung ventilation.
99 people were hospitalized for COVID-19 per day.
A total of 227 thousand COVID-19 patients in Lithuania have contracted since the beginning of the pandemic. 889 people.
It will be easier for older people to get vaccinated
The COVID-19 vaccine in a car will be open to an unlimited number of passengers, the government decided Monday.
Until now, it was forbidden to have vehicles in groups of more than two people or more than one family or household member. The exceptions apply only to urban, long-distance, and suburban passenger vehicles, or to and from work.
Health Minister Arūnas Dulkys emphasized that the exception is necessary considering that “many people, especially the elderly, have difficulties getting to the place of vaccination against COVID-19”, while the objective is to facilitate the vaccination of other people.
“It is proposed to complement the subparagraph (…) of the Order with an exception that allows people to be in larger groups in vehicles when traveling to or from a COVID-19 vaccination site,” the resolution states.
Difficult situation in the capital
Vilnius City Clinical Hospital (VMKL) occupies almost all COVID-19 beds, half of the patients are under 65 years of age.
“At our 260 regional COVID-19 hospital with some beds this morning, we only had 8 available. The situation is really serious, there are people from all over the region driving, it is quite serious (…). Perhaps at the moment there are none left, or perhaps we already have more, ”Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius said at a press conference on Monday.
According to the mayor, about half of the beds are occupied by people under 65 who have not yet entered the priority vaccination groups established by the government.
The mayor says that on Monday, representatives of the municipality will consult with the Santara clinics of the Vilnius University Hospital, which is coordinating the situation in the region, about further actions.
“There are basically two options: expand the ward in Santariškės or expand the ward in a clinical hospital. The specialists will see which option is more logical. According to one variant, of course, the Santariškės should squeeze and move something elsewhere, according to another: the Antakalnis Clinical Hospital, ”he said.
Will check if you investigate
The National Public Health Center (NVSC) will begin checking Monday for periodic COVID-19 screenings.
“Today, specialists from the National Center for Public Health are beginning to verify compliance with the requirements for periodic testing of workers for coronavirus infection. It is planned to inspect more than 230 medical institutions, pharmacies, nursing and supportive care, educational institutions this week, ”said Justina Petravičienė, NVSC representative, at the BNS.
In late March, the government decided that healthcare, education, social workers, and pharmacists would have to check for COVID-19 periodically, and vendors, athletes, cultural workers, and hairdressers would have to check before starting.
Vaccine delivery
On Monday, the 17th shipment of the BioNTech and Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, consisting of 74,000, was delivered to Lithuania. 880 doses.
They will be delivered to municipalities the same day, the Health Ministry said.
