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According to NVSC data, from January 4 to January 31 of those identified more than 31 thousand. The specialists and volunteers who perform the epidemiological diagnosis of cases of coronavirus infection examined 94%: more than 30,000 people were interviewed. People infected with COVID-19, identified and isolated those who were at high risk.
Data collected during epidemiological studies shows that a significant proportion of cases in the January structure are cases in which people cannot tell where they are infected, that is, identify a specific source of infection. In the first weeks of the year, 44% of these cases were registered.
29 percent of cases run in families, 15%. – at work. After a little more than 5 percent. cases are detected in hospitals and social care institutions.
According to the NVSC, the number of cases in families increased slightly compared to December: in November it reached 24.3%, in December – 27.5%.
At that time, the number of cases related to infection in the workplace decreased: 24% in November and 19% in December.
In December, 5.2% were infected in social care institutions. in November, 4.3 percent, and in hospitals, 6.1 percent. December and 7.2 percent. November.
According to the NVSC, Lithuania is not an exception in terms of the large number of cases in which the circumstances of the infection are unknown, as in all countries there are cases in which it is impossible to trace a specific source of infection due to spread internal infection. The center emphasizes that cases in which people do not know where they were infected are not the same as unexplored cases.
In addition, according to the center, it may be that these cases include those in which people do not want to report the circumstances of their infection.
In Lithuania, since the start of the pandemic, COVID-19 has affected 184,948 people, 133,000. 994 people recovered, 45 thousand. 753 – tebeserga.
2,885 people have died from coronavirus in the country.
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