Covid-19 spread: a new outbreak in a city



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886 of them were registered in Vilnius, 700 in Kaunas, 328 in Klaipėda, 309 in Šiauliai, 302 in Panevėžys, 190 in Marijampolė, 188 in Utena counties. Another 170 cases of infection were confirmed in Alytus, 119 in Telšiai and 96 in Tauragė counties. 15 cases have not yet been assigned to any region of the country due to lack of information. The regions to which these cases should be assigned will be clarified after the epidemiological survey.

Currently, 1,784 cases have been epidemiologically diagnosed (1,519 cases entered the NVSC system in the late afternoon or evening, so they are being investigated today).

Cases where the circumstances of the infection of people are not clear, i. and Epidemiological studies have shown that individuals have not gone abroad, they have not communicated with confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 211 are currently registered (of those cases in which epidemiological studies have been carried out).

Cases were recorded in outbreaks

An estimated 44 cases of coronavirus infection registered yesterday are related to an outbreak at the Strėvininkai welfare home located in Kaišiadorys district. A total of 181 cases of infection are currently associated with the outbreak.

The 23 cases of infection confirmed yesterday are estimated to be related to the outbreak in the Dūseikiai welfare home located in the Telšiai district, where more than 130 cases of the COVID-19 disease have already been registered.

Yesterday, 14 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in connection with the outbreak at the Smalininkai nursing home in Jurbarkas district. Another 12 cases are related to the outbreak at Klaipėda Medical Nursing Hospital, where a total of 56 cases of infection were recorded: 46 patients and 10 employees.

10 cases of infection confirmed on Friday are related to the outbreak in the Gargždai Hospital Nursing Department, 7 of which are patients and 3 staff members. An estimated 9 new cases of coronavirus infection are related to the outbreak at the Zarasai welfare home. In addition, an outbreak was recorded in Panevėžys county on Rokiškis St. Seen in a nursing home where 7 cases of coronavirus infection were confirmed yesterday.

The outbreak also continues in the Children’s Rehabilitation Department of the Druskininkai “Saulutė” Children’s Hospital, where 7 cases of COVID-19 were registered yesterday, and in total more than 20 cases of coronavirus are associated with the outbreak.

Cases of coronavirus infection related to outbreaks were also reported yesterday in the Kaunas Detention Center and Marijampolė Prison.

In addition, outbreak-related infection cases were reported yesterday in furniture manufacturing companies operating in Klaipėda district, Kazlų Rūda, and in a fertilizer manufacturing company operating in Kėdainiai. In Telšiai county, cases of infection related to an outbreak in a food business were recorded, in Zarasai – an outbreak in a sewing business.

Outbreaks with two or more cases of coronavirus infection were detected on Friday in Klaipėda Maria Montessori Kindergarten School, Kaunas Suzuki Primary School, Kaunas Garliava Jonučiai Progymnasium District, Klaipėda Gilija Primary School, the District Basic School from Rokiškis Panemunėlis, Jok, In Ukmergė nursery-kindergarten “Žiogelis”.

A new outbreak has been registered in the Utena Department of the NVSC, where a total of 5 cases of infection have been confirmed.

According to the data currently available, on the last day, 179 cases related to outbreaks in families were registered in Lithuania.

For their part, public health professionals urge people to follow all measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection: hand hygiene, coughing, sneeze etiquette, use of personal protective equipment, physical distance and more. .



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