A new “record” for coronavirus in Lithuania: the highest number of patients



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“1056 active cases of COVID-19 in Lithuania. This is by far the largest number of patients in our country. I will remind you that to this day, the ‘record’ for active cases or diseases was reached on April 20, when we had 1,048 cases, “M. Stankūnas wrote on Facebook on Wednesday.

A professor at LSMU noticed a few days ago that the curve for new coronavirus cases was flattening out.

“During the first peak of COVID-19, the saying ‘the curve flattens out’ had already become a play on words. It appears that the number of cases of coronavirus infection in Lithuania, which has been growing at a frantic rate in the last days of August, it will be a “slowdown”, wrote the professor on the social network.

Delfi recalls that last day 32 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed, the total number of cases in Lithuania reaches 3,163, the Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday.

The 2008 patients are considered to have recovered.

There are currently 6,867 people in isolation.

A total of 86 people died from coronavirus and 13 patients died from other causes.

Since June, 214 import cases have been registered in Lithuania.

During the previous day, 5303 samples were analyzed in laboratories, the total number of samples analyzed is 676.6 thousand.

The National Public Health Center (NVSC) reports that 32 cases of coronavirus infection (COVID-19) were confirmed in Lithuania last day. 14 of them were registered in Vilnius, 7 in Klaipėda, 6 in Kaunas, 3 in Šiauliai, 1 in each of Alytus and Tauragė counties.

After contact with patients, according to epidemiologists, 27 people became infected. The specialists could not determine the circumstances of the infection of 3 people. In addition, 2 import cases were registered during the previous day.

Imported cases – from Ukraine and France. The first import case was registered in Klaipeda County. The coronavirus has been confirmed in a person who has returned to Lithuania from France. At that time, in Šiauliai county, the coronavirus was confirmed to a person who arrived in Lithuania from Ukraine.

2 confirmed coronavirus cases last day are related to the outbreak at a sewing company operating in Šiauliai. The infection is confirmed in an employee and a person involved. A total of 15 coronavirus cases are now associated with this outbreak.

4 new cases of coronavirus are associated with an outbreak in a dental office in Klaipėda county, Gargždai. One of these people, as already announced on Tuesday, attends the “Gintarėlis” kindergarten. I was in kindergarten for the last time on September 2. 24 people have been identified at high risk.
3 Confirmed coronavirus cases in Vilnius County are related to a meeting in Trakai, where a person with COVID-19 participated. A total of 4 cases are associated with this outbreak.

2 confirmed coronavirus cases on Tuesday are associated with a personal holiday in the Trakai district. It is estimated that there are currently a total of 12 cases associated with the outbreak.

Another case, established in Vilnius County, is related to August 15-16. PravalFest in Prienai district, COVID-19 was approved for the event on Tuesday, a total of 20 cases are associated with this event.

Case 1, identified in Tauragė County, is associated with an outbreak in one of the army units. A total of 36 illnesses have been linked to this outbreak, including a confirmed previous day.

Another 1 new case of coronavirus is associated with the outbreak in Klaipedos Energija. The person is not an employee. An estimated 4 cases of COVID-19 are currently related to the outbreak.

Also in Kaunas County, the coronavirus was confirmed in two people working at LSMU Kaunas Hospital. Individuals are health professionals.

In addition, 2 cases have been approved in Vilnius County, according to the current assessment, related to the veterans basketball competition held in Palanga in August. It is estimated that there are currently 3 cases involved.
Another 9 people, according to epidemiologists, were infected after contact with people confirmed with coronavirus, but these cases are not considered sources of infection according to currently available data.
The circumstances of the infection in 3 people are not yet clear. Epidemiologists have not yet been able to determine how 3 people were infected (2 in Vilnius, 1 in Klaipėda counties). As already announced on Tuesday, one of these people is a child attending the Klaipėda progymnasium “Versmės”. It has been established that 30 classmates had high-risk contact.

NVSC reports that a total of 3163 cases of the COVID-19 disease have been confirmed in specific people in Lithuania, 1056 people are still sick, in 2008 – they recovered.

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