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The specialist stressed that the greatest concern is 6 new cases, whose routes of infection cannot be traced.
“Of course, those data are recent, but according to preliminary data, these people did not report being abroad, on vacation, in restaurants, at any event or in contact with people with coronavirus.” We hope that you will perhaps indicate what information we can “connect to”, said R. Lingienė during the press conference.
He emphasized that these sites were precisely high-risk areas where the coronavirus could be transmitted.
R. Lingienė confirmed that about a fifth of the cases are imported cases, but because of them, specialists are the ones who turn their heads the least.
“Import cases, in particular, increased in July, accounting for nearly a fifth of all detected cases. Imported cases are risky, but prevalent non-localized cases are of the greatest concern. Now they are not widespread in a country. city or another, but in the whole of Lithuania: up to 11 municipalities are undergoing further tests ”, he emphasized.
R. Lingienė also reported that currently 31 people are being treated in hospitals for coronavirus. Lithuanian hospitals are currently treating 31 people for coronavirus, two of them in resuscitation and intensive care units.
Diseases are not traceable
Ten new cases of coronavirus infection (COVID-19) were confirmed yesterday in Lithuania. Four cases were registered in Kaunas county, three in Vilnius, two in Panevėžys and another case was confirmed in Šiauliai county.
After contact with the patient, four people became infected. At the time, it was unclear how six more people were infected. No import cases were recorded during the previous day, according to the National Public Health Center (NVSC).
The first case was established in Kaunas County for a person who on July 31st. Symptoms similar to those of the coronavirus. The extent of human infection has not been established in an epidemiological study. According to preliminary data, three people had contact.
It is not known how another person became infected in Kaunas County. The person has been examined prophylactically and has no characteristic symptoms of infection. The primary data was found to have been in contact with three people.
The third case was confirmed in Vilnius County. How the person became infected is unclear. He sought medical attention for his deteriorating health. According to preliminary data, two people had contact.
The fourth case was confirmed in Šiauliai County in a person who experienced characteristic symptoms of the coronavirus. How the person became infected is unclear. The epidemiological investigation is continuing, collecting information on exposed persons.
It is also unclear at this time how someone else got infected in Vilnius County. According to preliminary data, one person was at high risk of close exposure. The epidemiological investigation is ongoing.
Furthermore, the circumstances of another case in Vilnius County are still unclear. Epidemiologists are currently conducting a study and the information needs to be updated.
Of those infected after contact with the sick, five, three of them, were linked to outbreaks
The seventh case was confirmed for a Panevėžys County resident who had contact with patients with the COVID-19 disease. This case is symptomatic. Two people had close contact. This case is related to the outbreak at a sheriff’s office in Panevėžys. This is already the sixteenth case, including the day confirmed yesterday.
The eighth was established for a person (Kaunas County) a person who had contact with a person with confirmed COVID-19 disease. July 29 Symptoms similar to those of the coronavirus. From July 24. the person was isolated, so no exposed contacts were identified. This case is secondary, related to the outbreak at the UAB Kauno Autobusai, and it is already the fifteenth case of contagion related to this outbreak.
Another case (Kaunas County) was confirmed in a person who had interacted with an infected coronavirus. The person experienced characteristic symptoms of the infection. This case is secondary, related to the “Breakout – Taurage” excursion. This is the eighth case in this approach.
The tenth case was confirmed (Panevėžys county) to a person who on July 31. characteristic symptoms of coronavirus infection. The person was found to be infected by a sick relative. One person had contact.
In Lithuania: the 81st death
The NVSC reports that a person infected with coronavirus has died at the VUL Santara clinics. This is the 81st death in the country. The deceased belonged to the age group 50 to 59 years.
COVID-19 was confirmed in one person on July 7. The man is believed to have been infected while traveling in the Czech Republic. At the VUL Santara clinics, the person has been treated since July 21.
In Lithuania, a total of 2,147 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in specific people, 403 people are still ill and 1,650 have recovered.
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