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In Lithuania, on September 4, 581 people were confirmed with a coronavirus infection, 5 people died, 2,086 people were vaccinated, according to Statistics Lithuania.
Since the start of the pandemic, the total number of COVID-19 infections in the country has reached 3,026.24.
5 people died from COVID-19 infection in the last day. They belonged to the age groups of 50 to 99 years.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the total number of deaths in the country from COVID-19 has been 4607.
According to the Department of Statistics, the number of new cases in 14 days per 100,000 inhabitants in Lithuania on Sunday morning reaches 316.5 cases. The average number of new cases per day in the last 7 days was 687 cases.
Hospitals are also treated in resuscitation.
Lithuanian hospitals are currently treating 637 COVID-19 patients, 68 of them in resuscitation, according to statistics from the Department of Statistics released on Sunday.
Overall rates of COVID-19 patients in hospitals increased by more than 30 per day, with two more people in hospital intensive care units.
Oxygen is added to 548 people and 45 patients receive artificial lung ventilation.
50 people were hospitalized for COVID-19 per day. It was 67 the day before.
In Lithuania, since the start of the pandemic, COVID-19 has caused 302 thousand cases. 624 people, of which 7,865 are still ill.
A total of 4,607 people died from COVID-19, of which 42 were fully vaccinated.
Diagnosis of cases in schools
Once cases of coronavirus infection have been detected in schools, their epidemiological diagnosis from now on will not be carried out by specialists from the National Center for Public Health (NVSC), but by specialists from public health offices working in educational institutions. says Rolanda Lingienė, representative of the NVSC.
“The case survey will no longer be conducted by NVSC specialists, but by public specialists who work in public health offices, which are often located in schools. They are the closest to the community, we hope we can do that work more quickly, ”the head of NVSC’s Vilnius department told LRT radio on Friday.
She hopes that decision will speed up case management.
According to the NVSC representative, as before, when a student is diagnosed with COVID-19, their parents must report their illness to the educational institution. The latter should also contact the family doctor, who will determine the duration of the child’s isolation.
According to R. Lingienė, after the specialists of the public health offices have made the epidemiological diagnosis, they will pass information on the people covered by isolation to the NVSC, which will inform these people.
“Nothing fundamentally changes, just the people in action,” he said.
Vaccination slows down
Last week, 17,000 people received the first dose of coronavirus compared to the previous week. less than a week earlier, based on data collected by BNS and Statistics Lithuania.
From last Friday until this Thursday, 24,7 thousand people received the first COVID-19 vaccine. people or an average of 3.5 thousand. people a day. In the previous week, these figures amounted to 41.6 thousand. and 5.9 thousand. – these figures were also lower than in previous weeks.
At least 70 percent. at least one vaccine out of the total population is vaccinated in seven municipalities: Neringa (100% vaccinated), Akmenė district (82.9%), Alytus district (82.7%), Anykščiai district (72.6% ), Ignalina district 71.8%), Druskininkai (70.5 percent) and Birštonas (70.3 percent). A week ago, there were five of those municipalities.
Among large cities, most people are still vaccinated with at least one dose in Alytus – 65.3%, in Panevėžys – 63.8%, in Kaunas – 62.9%, in Vilnius – 60.8%, in Šiauliai – 58.2%., In Klaipeda – 51.3%. Klaipeda remains the seventh municipality with the least vaccinated population.
The lowest vaccinated population is in the Šalčininkai district: only 37.1 percent. population. The second is the Vilnius district municipality, where 48.5 percent were vaccinated. population, the third – Klaipeda district, where 40.3 percent. vaccinated.
