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People ages 50 to 99 died of COVID-19 on the last day
Fifteen people died from COVID-19 last day, ranging in age from 50 to 99, according to data released by the Statistics Department on Monday.
Five of the deaths were in the age group 50 to 59 years, four were between 70 and 79 years old, three were between 60 and 69 years old, and two were between 80 and 89 years old.
One deceased belonged to the age group 90 to 99 years.
Four people died in Kaunas and Šiauliai, three in Vilnius and Panevėžys counties and one in Klaipėda county.
Eight men and seven women died last day.
Photo by Vidmantas Balkūnas / Clínica VUL Santara. Fight against coronavirus
Operational indicators of the COVID-19 pandemic of the last day
Number of new human cases confirmed in the last day: 1773
Total number of confirmed human cases: 132,369
Number of deaths from Covid-19 registered the previous day: 15
Total number of deaths registered by Covid-19: 1,269
Number of deaths from coronavirus from other causes: 632
Number of people recovered in the last day: 305
Number of people who recovered: 62,098
Number of people with coronavirus: 68,370
Yesterday samples were analyzed for suspected coronavirus: 5293
To date, a total of 1,587,999 samples have been tested for suspected coronavirus.
More than 2.5 thousand people are treated in hospitals. COVID-19 patients, 198 in resuscitation
The country’s hospitals are currently treating 2,510 COVID-19 patients, 198 of whom are in resuscitation, the Statistics Department said Monday.
1,521 patients are treated with oxygen masks and 112 people receive artificial lung ventilation.
Hospitals occupied a total of 7868 beds out of 16,000. 648.
Of the 677 resuscitation beds, 443 were occupied. Of the 629 beds adapted for lung ventilation, 283 were occupied. Of the 6,107 beds that could be treated with oxygen masks, 2209 were occupied.
During the weekend, 4018 new diseases were confirmed in Lithuania, 49 people died. A total of 1,254 people died from coronavirus in the country.
In terms of new coronavirus infections, Lithuania has been in first place among the European countries evaluated by the European Center for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) in the last two weeks, and is eighth in terms of mortality. According to the center, the morbidity of two weeks in the country on Friday amounted to 1,376 cases per 100,000. population. According to this indicator, the second in the list of 31 countries is Croatia, where during the same period 100 thousand. there were 1,113 cases per capita.
Sigismund Gedvila / 15 min photo / Continuous quarantine in Vilnius
Staff at personal healthcare facilities may reduce isolation time, but additional testing will be required. “The limits to assess each case individually and safely shorten this period,” Health Minister Arūnas Dulkys told a news conference on Saturday. According to him, this initiative was taken in view of the deterioration of the situation in medical institutions.
At the checkpoints during Christmas and two days of Christmas, more than 10 thousand. cars. Since the middle of last week, when movement restrictions were introduced, officials at checkpoints have turned around 28,000. transport. Interior Minister Agnė Bilotaitė says the government will evaluate the effectiveness of the movement restrictions next week.
The number of coronavirus cases in Europe exceeded 25 million, according to official data collected by the AFP news agency, and 80 million worldwide.
European Union countries officially launched a coordinated coronavirus vaccination campaign on Sunday. In Lithuania, the first vaccinations are administered to doctors and vaccination has started in five major medical institutions in the country. Health professionals are expected to be vaccinated in the first quarter of next year.
The first doses of the vaccine developed by BioNTech and Pfizer were delivered to Lithuania on Saturday. A total of 9,750 doses of the vaccine reached the country: Vilnius and Kaunas counties received 2,925 doses, Klaipėda counties received 1,950 doses, and Šiauliai and Panevėžys received 975 doses each. According to the Chancellor of the Ministry of Health, Jurgita Grebenkovienė, the second shipment of COVID-19 will arrive in Lithuania on December 29.
On the first day of vaccination, about 2 thousand people were vaccinated in Lithuania. doctor.
Feliksas Jankevičius, director of the Santara clinics, says that doctors who have rejected the COVID-19 vaccine will not be able to work with seriously ill patients, they will be assigned other jobs.
According to Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda, the European Union, which started the vaccination process against COVID-19 at the same time, has shown determination and unity not only in relations with vaccine manufacturers, but also with each other.
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