Most of the COVID-19 patients treated in hospitals in the country are infected with delta: almost all are not vaccinated.

At the Klaipėda University Hospital, the number of COVID-19 patients has doubled in the last two weeks. Vinsas Janušonis, chief physician of Klaipėda University Hospital, told the Delfi portal on Tuesday.

As mentioned by V. Janušonis, almost all patients are infected with the delta coronavirus strain. Only three of the 23 patients treated Tuesday were vaccinated.

Five patients were treated in the intensive care and resuscitation units.

According to the professor, although the flow of patients is not high, it has doubled in the last two weeks. All patients treated in Klaipeda were elderly.

COVID-19 patients who are primarily infected with the delta strain coronavirus and are treated at the Santara clinics. It is true that there are not many yet. On July 23, only six were treated for COVID-19 at the Santara clinics, one in the intensive care and resuscitation unit.

Director of Clinicas Santara de Medicina doc. Dr. Valdas Pečeliūnas noted that they were all unvaccinated or without a full course of vaccination.

“Patients treated for COVID-19 at the Santara clinics generally have other comorbid conditions or conditions that require special monitoring. The age of the patients ranges from 30 to 50 years, with one patient older than 60 years. Currently, the delta strain of coronavirus predominates, ”commented Dr. V. Pečeliūnas.

So far, there are not many patients in the hospitals in the Kaunas region.

“Recently, the situation in the Kaunas region hospitals has remained stable,” said Vaidotas Gurskis, associate professor and director of the Kaunas Region Management Group. – Currently, COVID-19 patients are treated at Kaunas Hospital and Jonava Hospital.

July 21 Of the 63 oxygen-supplied inpatient beds, 9 beds (14% of beds) were occupied, 5 patients required oxygen therapy, and 1 of the 18 available resuscitation and intensive care beds occupied 1 bed (6% of the beds). Beds) “.

According to V. Gurskis, there is currently no notable increase in the flow of patients in hospitals in the Kaunas region, and the available bed reserve is sufficient. An increase in patient flow is expected in the coming weeks.

The age of patients treated in the Kaunas region ranges from 45 to 89 years. None of the patients treated in the hospitals in the Kaunas region have been vaccinated against the COVID-19 disease.

It has not been observed whether a delta coronavirus strain predominates in the Kaunas region.

Seven patients with COVID-19 disease are also treated at the Republican Hospital in Panevėžys. Of these, 4 receive oxygen. Fortunately, there are no COVID-19 patients in the Resuscitation and Intensive Care Unit.

Vytautas Riaubiškis, a communication specialist at the Republican Hospital Panevėžys, told the Delfi portal that most of the patients treated at this medical institution are younger.

“Most of the patients are not vaccinated, the respiratory failure is remarkable,” said V. Riaubiškis.

It is not known if they are infected with a delta strain.