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“Yesterday a report was received from Klaipeda University Hospital that a resident of the Kretinga district belonging to the age group of 81 to 90 years had died,” said Ginreta Megelinskienė, Chief of the Division of Infectious Disease Management, on Monday. from the Vilnius Department of NVSC, at a press conference.
The woman had comorbidities.
On June 10, it was reported that this patient from the Salantai Nursing Hospital had previously been treated at the Kartena Hospital.
In early May, the woman was taken to Klaipeda University Hospital for treatment for non-coronavirus related illnesses. From there, she was returned to Salantai Nursing Hospital, but when her health deteriorated, the woman was transferred to Klaipeda Mariner Hospital and soon transferred to Kretinga Hospital.
When asked how it happened that residents of the Kretinga district, whose death was recorded on Sunday, no coronavirus was found for so long, G. Megelinskienė said that, in total, this patient was examined 6 times.
“There are certain questions here that I cannot answer. This depends on the testing methodology during which the test is performed, which means that during the incubation period, when the virus multiplies in the body, it is difficult to detect the virus in the body right away, unless, as in this case, the person had comorbidities. Detected Before However, there are many nuances depending on when it will be detected. And then the question arises where that infection took place. Right now, epidemiologists are really evaluating the situation, as the person has been in many health care facilities as far as it is mentioned. It really is not yet clear when he became infected, when the virus began to multiply and when it was tested, ” G. Megelinskienė said.
Planning to return her to the Salantai Nursing Hospital and retest, the result was positive.
According to Monday’s data, 1,773 cases of coronavirus were detected in Lithuania, COVID-19 still affects 258 people, and 1,429 recovered.
76 people died from coronavirus, and another 10 people died from other causes.
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