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Last day, 367 new cases of coronavirus were detected in Lithuania, two people between 80 and 89 years old died from this infectious disease, the Department of Statistics reported on Sunday.
The number of new diseases in 14 days is 100,000. the population increased to 183.8 cases and the proportion of positive diagnostic tests, up to 3.5 percent.
In the country, on the last day, 4,337 molecular tests (PCR) and 4,645 of antigens to the presumed coronavirus were carried out.
Lithuanian hospitals are currently treating 261 COVID-19 patients, 38 of them in resuscitation.
In addition, 211 people are supplied with oxygen, and 16 patients receive artificial lung ventilation.
35 people were hospitalized for COVID-19 per day.
In Lithuania, a total of 286,000 COVID-19 patients have fallen ill since the start of the pandemic. 103 people, of which the number of people still sick per day increased to 4503.
A total of 4,427 people died from the disease, with 9,057 deaths directly and indirectly related to COVID-19.
Virus outbreak at youth camp
An outbreak of coronavirus has been recorded in the Lazdijai district: 18 participants of the youth summer camp have contracted an infectious disease, reports the municipality.
“Of the 30 young people who participated in the camp, 17 were diagnosed with the COVID-19 virus. There is a field leader among the sick, ”the report was posted on the website of the Lazdijai district municipality on Thursday.
The youth summer camp was held July 26-29.
As Dalytė Nekraševičienė, director of the Alytus Department of the National Center for Public Health told BNS, all those infected are asymptomatic or mild.
“Several feel mild symptoms, but none were taken to the hospital,” explained the director of Alytus’ department.
According to the NVSC, the age of infected campers ranges from 14 to 22 years. According to D. Nekraševičienė, some of them had been vaccinated.
Increase the number of beds
As the number of COVID-19 patients treated in hospitals in the Kaunas region increases, the number of beds intended for the treatment of these patients will increase from Saturday.
Kaunas Clinics announced that an additional 20 beds will be opened for inpatients with oxygen supply at the Kaunas Hospital of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences.
According to the report, a total of 68 beds with oxygen supply and 16 resuscitation beds with the possibility of artificial lung ventilation will be provided for the treatment of patients with COVID-19 disease in the Kaunas region.
Currently, the use of oxygen-supplied inpatient beds in hospitals in the Kaunas region reaches 75 percent. – 36 of the 48 beds are occupied, resuscitation and intensive care – 31%, that is, five of the 16 beds are occupied.
According to Vaidotas Gurskis, head of the Kaunas region management group for COVID-19, all patients treated for coronavirus in Kaunas region hospitals are not vaccinated.
The second dose of the vaccine allowed the choice of another vaccine.
A second vaccine can now be chosen for the second dose of COVID-19, the Ministry of Health (SAM) said on Friday.
According to her, starting Friday, the operators of the 1808 Hotline will be able to register anyone who wants to receive a second dose of the vaccine by choosing a vaccine from a different manufacturer than before vaccinating the first dose.
Currently validated algorithms already allow the mixing of Comirnaty (manufactured by BionTech and Pfizer) and Vaxzevria (manufactured by AstraZeneca) vaccines in a different order: the first dose of Comirnaty, the second dose of Vaxzevria or vice versa.
According to SAM, research shows that the doses of these vaccines create even greater immunity.
It is recommended that you choose a different vaccine for the second dose of the vaccine if you experience serious side effects after the first dose of Comirnaty or Vaxzevria.
