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The volume of testing is record: Last week we surveyed 150,000 people for COVID-19. individuals, but the growth in the number of cases has stopped and the acceleration has turned negative for the first time after a two-month hiatus. The situation in hospitals remains tense, but growth has stalled in the Vilnius and Kaunas regions.
The number of cases and hospitalizations is increasing only in the Šiauliai region, where there have been the fewest number of cases and people hospitalized for a long time.
Currently, Lithuania is still dominated by strains against which vaccines are effective: B.1.1.7 (“British”) and B.1.177 (“Spanish”), but the recently discovered strains of B.1.620 (probably from central Africa ) are intensifying in the country.) Prevalence: More than 100 cases were detected by sequencing, which spread from the initial uncontrolled entry after five counties.
Summary of key indicators
1) In Lithuania, at least 35% of the population is likely to be immune to COVID-19: they have been vaccinated with at least one dose or have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the last 6 months.
2) Although most of the vaccines were used in the last 7 days for the second dose, around 83 thousand people received the first dose. Ten times more new cases of COVID-19 (8.3 thousand) were detected during that period. Most of those vaccinated with the first dose were between 45 and 54 years old and between 55 and 64 years old. age groups.
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3) Test volumes are now almost double the record winter weeks. On average, we test more than 22,000 a day. individuals, but even with a record number of tests, the increase in the number of new cases has stalled and the acceleration of the pandemic is already negative for a few days after a two-month hiatus.
4) The increase in hospitalizations in Lithuania stopped in all regions except the Šiauliai – Telšiai COVID – 19 group. New cases are increasing in the region and hospital employment is increasing. The number of cases is also increasing in the Kaunas-Marijampolė region, but hospital employment remains stable so far.
Sequence review
1) The B.1.1.7 (“British”) strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and its variations continue to dominate throughout Lithuania, but gradually the B.1.620 strain (Central African origin) also begins to spread, the first cases community broadcasting In Europe, they settled in Lithuania. Since then, a case of the “Lithuanian” branch of B.1.620 has also been identified in Germany. May 14 ECDC has expressed the same level of concern about VOI (Variant of Interest) B.1.620 as it is about the “Indian” strain of the virus.
2) The first cases of B.1.620 were recorded in Vilnius and Utena counties, but the largest outbreak was in Anykščiai district, after which this variety spread to most of Lithuania. One of the reasons for the danger of this strain is the E484K mutation, which helps the virus avoid an immune response against the strain without this mutation. We also have examples of this in Lithuania: out of 101 people infected with this strain, 13 people were vaccinated according to the full two-dose vaccination program and 5 of them were between 44 and 57 years old, and the other 68+
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