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One older than 60 years, two older than 70 and four older than 80 died. Only one of them was fully vaccinated.
539 COVID-19 patients are currently being treated in Lithuanian hospitals, 67 of them in resuscitation, according to statistics from the Department of Statistics released on Sunday.
In addition, 444 people are given oxygen and 33 patients receive artificial lung ventilation.
63 people were hospitalized for COVID-19 per day. It was 67 the day before.
In Lithuania, since the start of the pandemic, COVID-19 has infected 297 thousand people. 777 people, 7058 of them still sick: this number has increased daily.
A total of 4,539 people died from COVID-19, of which 29 were fully vaccinated. 9,222 deaths are directly and indirectly related to COVID-19.
Releases can be expected: a condition is necessary
Maintaining current vaccination rates, 70 percent. The population could be vaccinated in September and the restrictions could be revised as the situation improves, says Health Minister Arūnas Dulkys.
“In the current situation between 70 and 80 percent, that message would also be very important for us. (…) If at the current rate, as it was not two months ago, but now like a few weeks ago, then probably mid-September could be the second half, “the minister told News Radio on Thursday.
It states that if Lithuania manages to achieve these indicators and COVID-19 patients in hospitals do not increase significantly, some of the restrictions planned from September 13 could be relaxed.
“We could meet in September, when the government could sit down to reconsider those measures, but not because they somehow harden them, on the contrary, we could look the other way,” Dulkys said.
Starting Monday, the company could start providing services to visitors only with an opportunity passport, in which case it is not necessary to comply with the established restrictions.
There are stricter restrictions for those who want to continue accepting passport-less clients, and as of September 13, most services will only be available to those who have acquired immunity after a vaccine or illness, or who have a negative PCR test.
According to the Department of Statistics, at least one dose is currently vaccinated in 56% of cases. people.
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