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Summarizing the pandemic situation in the country, the Government’s project director, Aistis Šimaitis, noticed this on March 29. (Monday) The acceleration of the pandemic, which shows the spread of the virus, reached + 27% and was positive in most Lithuanian municipalities. This means that the number of new cases or the percentage of positive examinations increased for almost a week in almost all of Lithuania.
Hospital employment in Lithuania reflected the dynamics of the cases: in the Vilnius region it increased, while in others it decreased or remained stable. Currently available COVID-19 genome sequencing results indicate a rapidly growing prevalence of the B.1.1.7 (British) strain.
Exponential growth of the “British” variety
The review notes that the number of new cases detected in the country has increased every day in the past week compared to the previous weeks.
“The situation in the counties is very different: in Vilnius and Marijampolė counties, the number of newly detected cases and deaths related to COVID-19 is growing rapidly; In Kaunas, Alytus, and Utena counties, the number of new cases is increasing, but the number of deaths is not increasing; There is still no rapid deterioration in Klaipėda, Šiauliai, Panevėžys, Telšiai and Tauragė counties, ”says A.Šimaitis.
The situation in hospitals is also different: in the Vilnius / Alytus COVID-19 cluster, bed occupancy has increased since mid-February and additional beds were added in March; in other groups, total bed occupancy decreases and beds for COVID-19 are eliminated.
Analyzing March 1 and 22. Randomly selected COVID-19 genomes, it can be seen that the expected prevalence of the B.1.1.7 (British) strain by counties is increasing and the ratio among all scanned genomes is growing rapidly.
The probable distribution of new cases by variety shows that the number of cases of B.1.177.60 (descendants of the Lithuanian Spanish variety) has recently remained stable, but the number of new cases related to B.1.1.7 is growing exponentially. .
