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Last day, 241 new cases of COVID-19 were identified in the country, two people died from the infectious disease, the Department of Statistics said on Wednesday.
In the country he made 17 thousand. 49 molecular antigen assays (PCR) and 5794 for suspected coronavirus.
The rate of new illnesses in the last 14 days is 100,000. the population reaches 169.5 cases. The proportion of positive diagnostic tests in the past seven days is 1.6 percent.
In Lithuania, since the start of the pandemic, COVID-19 has affected 277 thousand 2 people.
Statistically recovered and currently alive 261 thousand. 391 people, 210 thousand declared. 718 recovered. Statistically, there are currently 5649 sick people, the declared number of sick people is 56 thousand. 322.
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 4,320 people have died in Lithuania since COVID-19. 8735 deaths are directly and indirectly related to this infectious disease.
547 COVID-19 patients are treated in hospitals, 70 of whom are in resuscitation.
547 COVID-19 patients are currently being treated in Lithuanian hospitals, 70 of them in resuscitation, Statistics Lithuania reported on Wednesday.
Oxygen is added to 441 patients and 43 patients receive artificial lung ventilation.
54 people were hospitalized for COVID-19 per day.
People ages 70 to 99 died of COVID-19 last day
Two people died last day from COVID-19, ranging in age from 70 to 99, according to data released by the Statistics Department on Wednesday.
One of the dead was between 70 and 79 years old, the other between 90 and 99 years old.
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 4,320 people have died in Lithuania since COVID-19. 8735 deaths are directly and indirectly related to this infectious disease.
Most of the deaths from COVID-19 (1,549 people) were in the age group 80-89 years. The eight dead were between 20 and 29 years old.
More than 25 thousand people were vaccinated last day. people
Last day, 11,000 people received the first dose of the vaccine. 761 people, the second – 13 thousand. 711, released by the Statistics Department on Wednesday.
In the COVID-19 country, the first dose of the vaccine is 1 million. 132 thousand 339 people, both – 692 thousand. 850.
At least one dose of the vaccine was 52.9%. over 80, 67.3 percent. – population between 75 and 79 years old, 69.3%. – 70-74 years and 67.5% – population 65 to 69 years.
In the 55 to 64 age group, 53.7% are vaccinated; in the 45 to 54 age group, 46.5%; in the 35 to 44 age group, 44.1%; in the 25 to 34 age group, 35.8%. population. In the youngest group, 32.4 percent were vaccinated. people.
In Lithuania, 40.5% have received at least one coronavirus vaccine. people.
In total, Lithuania has received 2 million. 97 thousand 785 doses of vaccine, all delivered to vaccination centers. Here 1 million was used. 825 thousand 189 doses.
More than 272 thousand have not yet been used. dose.
Decrease in virus outbreaks.
COVID-19 outbreaks in the country fell by more than a third in a week, from 331 at the end of last week to 212 at the end of last week, the National Center for Public Health (NVSC) said on Tuesday.
Almost a month ago, 448 active coronavirus outbreaks were recorded in Lithuania.
According to Daiva Razmuvienė, an epidemiologist at NVSC, the number of active outbreaks decreased in all areas last week and there was a significant break in the outbreak curve in educational institutions.
“Recently, there have been favorable trends in the outbreak map and they have taken root in it. Comparing with the previous periods, we see that last week we registered a decrease in active outbreaks in all areas ”, said D. Razmuvienė.
“The last time we registered a similar total number of active outbreaks was in March. That means that we are already writing the fruits of accelerated vaccination,” he added.
Adolescent vaccination
Children 12 and older can be vaccinated against the coronavirus in mid-June, says Health Minister Arūnas Dulkys.
“We are counting the vaccines that arrive in Lithuania, let’s see how many we will have for the second doses that are needed (…). It looks like mid-June could probably be the time that we can offer vaccines for this age group as well, ”A. Dulkys told News Radio on Tuesday.
“I think so,” he added, asking if that meant that vaccination of adolescents could begin in a week.
Earlier, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė mentioned that the vaccination of twelve-year-old children and the elderly will start in June, but the process will take a long time, because there are about 120 thousand children that can be vaccinated.
“Liar” of a member of the Seimas
Aidas Gedvilas, a member of parliament and representative of the Labor Party, is spreading misleading information about childhood vaccines on the social network Facebook, the Department of Statistics announced on Tuesday.
On Monday, Gedvil shared a post on his social media account stating that “the Lithuanian Statistics open dataset on COVID-19 vaccination under 15 years old shows that 13 children were vaccinated.”
“I have asked the Attorney General’s Office to evaluate, investigate and, if a crime has been committed against minors and minors, initiate a pre-trial investigation and prosecute those responsible,” the politician wrote.
The Statistics Department explains that some of these records are the simplest mistake, and some are vaccinated children, but with parental consent and medical message.
