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Last day, 353 new cases of coronavirus were detected in Lithuania, eight people died from this infectious disease, the Department of Statistics announced on Monday.
Two people over the age of 40 and 80 each died, three died at over 70 and one at over 60. Of these, two were fully vaccinated. These are people over 60 and 70 years old.
The number of new diseases in 14 days is 100,000. population increased to 283.5 cases, the proportion of positive seven-day diagnostic tests rose to 5 percent.
In the country, on the last day, 2,598 molecular tests (PCR) and 2,897 of antigens to the presumed coronavirus were carried out.
In Lithuania, a total of 298,000 COVID-19 patients have fallen ill since the start of the pandemic. 165 people, of which 7271 are still ill: this number has increased daily.
A total of 4,547 people died from COVID-19, of which 31 were fully vaccinated. 9,233 deaths are directly and indirectly related to COVID-19.
566 COVID-19 patients are treated in hospitals, 64 of them in resuscitation
Lithuanian hospitals are currently treating 566 COVID-19 patients, 64 of them in resuscitation, according to statistics from the Department of Statistics released Monday.
Oxygen is added to 472 people and 39 patients receive artificial lung ventilation.
40 people were hospitalized for COVID-19 per day. There were 63 of them the day before.
343 people received the first dose of coronavirus last day
456 people were vaccinated against the coronavirus last day: 343 of them received the first dose and 113, the second dose, the Department of Statistics reported Monday.
In the country, at least one dose of COVID-19 has been vaccinated against 1 million people. 648,790 people, fully vaccinated: 1 million. 491 thousand 330.
Just over a quarter of teens ages 12-15 are currently vaccinated with at least one dose.
Six out of ten people aged 16-24 and 25-34 have been vaccinated, as well as the oldest population over 80 years of age.
In the age groups between 45 and 79, the recommended 70 percent is reached. vaccination rate, and in the age groups 65 to 69 and 70 to 74 years, this proportion is approximately 78 percent.
The recommended proportion of vaccinated people is also close to the population aged 35 to 44 years, where 69.8% were vaccinated. people.
In Lithuania, 59% have received at least one coronavirus vaccine. people, 69.5 percent were vaccinated among adults. population.
In total, Lithuania has received around 4.18 million. doses of vaccine, of which 2,967 million were used. dose.
The mayor of Klaipeda fell ill
The mayor of the city of Klaipėda, Vytautas Grubliauskas, fell ill with coronavirus.
“Yesterday afternoon, after feeling a slight weakness, symptoms of a runny nose and a cough from this and the result, I decided to check and test for COVID-19. Sadly, the answer was yes, “the mayor wrote on Facebook on Sunday.
He said that he had been fully vaccinated four months ago and followed all the recommendations.
“I am absolutely convinced that it is the vaccines that ensure a sufficiently easy form and course of the infection, although … it attracts me to bed, it is also true,” wrote V. Grubliauskas.
“I will not hesitate to take the third dose of the vaccine after the illness, as soon as it is possible for people in my age group to get vaccinated,” he said.
Vaccine stocks are huge
There will definitely be a vaccine shortage for years to come. Just so there is no shortage of vaccinators.
The Ministry of Health has announced that Lithuania has reserved Lithuanian COVID-19 vaccines for three years.
“Currently, we have reserved a large number of vaccines. The total basket of vaccines is 16 million, these vaccines are destined for this year, for others and for others,” said Chancellor (SAM) Jurgita Grebenkovienė.
The government agreed on Wednesday not to buy the COVID-19 vaccine being developed by Sanofi Pasteur and GSK.
Lithuania has signed contracts for the purchase of seven vaccines: 1.86 million. AstraZeneca dose, 0.7 million. Janssen dose, 1.38 million. CureVac dose, 0.5 million. dose of Moderna 9.3 mln. doses of the Pfizer vaccine, 0.6 million doses of the Novavax vaccine and 0.37 million doses of the Valneva vaccine.
Troubled news from Japan
Two regions of Japan stopped using some of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccines on Sunday after more cases of contamination were detected.
The reports came after a 1.63 million move in Japan was suspended on Thursday. Use of Moderna vaccine doses when information is received that several batches of these products are contaminated.
In addition, the use of those vaccines was suspended after the Ministry of Health reported that men aged 30 and 38 had previously died in August after being vaccinated with a second dose of the Moderna vaccine.
They were vaccinated with vaccines from one of three batches that were suspended by the government on Thursday.
