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The number of new cases in 14 days per 100,000 inhabitants is 752.5.
According to the Department of Statistics, the proportion of potentially immune individuals, including those vaccinated with a single dose of the vaccine, is 68.50%.
Hospitals are currently treating 1,269 more COVID-19 than the previous day, 128 of them in resuscitation.
About 7 thousand jobs were carried out in the country last day. molecular (PCR) and 5 mil. antigen testing for suspected coronavirus.
Hospitals and deaths
Last day, 116 people were hospitalized for COVID-19, some fewer than the day before.
83 patients receive artificial lung ventilation and oxygen is added to 1,066 people.
During the peak of the pandemic in January this year, the number of patients in hospitals reached 2.6 thousand, leading to a regular reduction in the availability of other medical services.
Luke April / 15min photo / Admission department of the Santarini clinics
Six people over the age of 70 and 80 died during the day, five over the age of 60 and two over the age of 90.
One of them was in their 80s and 90s, who were fully vaccinated.
To date, a total of 5,063 people have died from COVID-19 in Lithuania, of which 122 have been fully vaccinated. 9,985 deaths are directly and indirectly related to COVID-19.
Vaccination
To date, nearly 1 million people have been vaccinated with at least one dose of the vaccine. 752 thousand people, fully vaccinated: more than 1 million. 620 thousand
93 people received the booster dose last day, a total of nearly 30,000 have been re-vaccinated so far. people.
In Lithuania, 62.6% have received at least one dose of vaccine. population
The lowest proportion of vaccinated children is found among children aged 12-15 years: 28.8%. Among the country’s oldest population, 65.1 percent have been vaccinated after the age of 80.
In total, more than 5.1 million LTL have been received in Lithuania so far. vaccine doses, a little more than 3.2 million doses. Currently, the unused are approximately 1.9 million. dose.
The EU leads in the number of infections
2,066 reported cases of coronavirus and 21 deaths were reported on Saturday.
Lithuania leads the European Union (EU) in the indicator of new cases of COVID-19 and ranks second in the number of deaths. In 14 days 100 thousand. There were 645.7 cases of COVID-19 in Lithuania. This is the highest rate among EU countries. According to the number of deaths in 14 days per million inhabitants, Lithuania ranks second with 80.5 deaths. The first deadliest country is Bulgaria, with 139 deaths per million inhabitants.
Photo by Luke April / 15 minutes / Saulius Čaplinskas
Teacher. According to Saulius Čaplinskas, not only the mutation of the virus, but also inappropriate government decisions led to a difficult situation. Earlier 15 minutes The interviewee spared no criticism of the previous government: “A good house is not going to be built on crooked foundations. Because the base is crooked and built, we vividly remind the government that it is now criticizing this government and does not see the mistakes it has made. “
According to S. Čaplinskas, for some time we will see an increasing number of diseases. However, the interlocutor sees a light at the end of the pandemic tunnel:
“But this winter should be the last such difficult winter.” There should be less room for the virus to spread, it shouldn’t cause as many serious forms of the disease, “he said.
Photo by Lukas April / 15min / The Seimas board met with President Gitanas Nausėda
Slow vaccination, and the fault of the politicians?
The arrows of criticism about the stalled vaccination process are also directed towards politicians. On Saturday, public relations specialist Arūnas Armalis raised a discussion on Facebook about how statements by political president Gitanas Nausėda and Social Democratic leader Vilija Blinkevičiūtė could have negatively affected vaccination activity.
Data scientist Vaidotas Zemlys-Balevičius agrees that the ambiguous statements did not really spur the process, although it is difficult to tell from the data how much this contributed to the decline in vaccination rates.
A. Armalis, commenting on the situation. 15 minutes, noted that G. Nausėda currently trusts between 50 and 60 percent. of those surveyed, in August, that population was around 70 percent. V.Blinkevičiūtė also remains at the top of the ratings. According to him, it would be naive to think that the speeches of famous politicians did not influence the decisions of the people.
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