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In the country to make 5 thousand. 604 molecular (PCR) and 4 mil. 599 antigen tests for suspected coronavirus.
The rate of new illnesses in the last 14 days is 100,000. the population reaches 199.5 cases. The proportion of positive diagnostic tests in the past seven days is 1.8 percent.
A total of 276,000 COVID-19 patients in Lithuania have fallen ill since the start of the pandemic. 453 people.
Statistically recovered and currently 259 thousand are alive. 793 people, declared 209 thousand. 479 recovered. Statistically, there are currently 6770 sick people, the declared number of patients is 57 thousand. 84.
The Department of Statistics considers that a declared sick person has a confirmed case and the end of the disease not confirmed by a doctor. A statistically ill person is one for whom illness has been confirmed in the last 28 days. After this period, the person is considered statistically healthy.
According to the department, the statistical rate of patients may be more accurate to assess the morbidity of the population, since among declared patients there may be cases in which a person is no longer ill but the GP has not confirmed the end of the illness. .
People ages 50 to 89 died from COVID-19
Five people died from COVID-19 last day, between the ages of 50 and 89, according to data released by the Statistics Department on Sunday.
Two people died on the last day in the age groups 50-59 and 80-89, and one in the 70-79 age group.
The Statistics Department notes that the number of deaths per day is preliminary and can be replaced with records delayed within a few days.
A total of 4,307 people died in Lithuania from COVID-19. 8693 deaths have been linked to this infectious disease, directly and indirectly.
Most of the deaths from COVID-19 (1,546 people) were in the age group 80-89 years. The eight dead were between 20 and 29 years old.
A total of 4,307 people died in Lithuania from COVID-19. 8693 deaths are directly and indirectly related to this infectious disease.
560 COVID-19 patients are treated in hospitals, 73 of them in resuscitation
Lithuanian hospitals are currently treating 560 COVID-19 patients, 73 of them in resuscitation, the Statistics Department reported on Sunday.
Oxygen is added to 457 patients and 44 patients receive artificial lung ventilation.
59 people were hospitalized for COVID-19 per day.
Before the exam, graduates are invited to take tests without queuing.
Before Monday’s Lithuanian Language and Literature Maturity Test, Vilnius invites isolation graduates to perform so-called PCR and rapid antigen tests.
According to a report from the capital city that circulated on Saturday, on Saturday registration was required for the PCR test.
As reported on Friday by the National Center for Public Health (NVSC), isolated students must perform the test using the so-called PCR method no earlier than 48 hours before the examination.
Among other things, according to the NVSC, students will need to take a rapid antigen test, which must be negative, before entering the maturity testing center.
Vilnius Municipality announces that NVSC specialists will register capital’s graduates for rapid antigen testing after receiving a notification about the intended isolation site.
Rapid antigen tests will take place on Sundays from 4pm to 9:15 pm. at the mobile point V. Gerulaičio str. 1 or at the point near Lukiškės square.
According to the NVSC, more stringent infection prevention requirements will also apply to those who will be admitted to exams even if they have been assigned isolation. They must wear respirators in the examination centers. This means that a medical mask or other protective device that covers the nose and mouth is not suitable in this case.
Reactions to vaccines
In May, 986 reports of adverse reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine were received, 48 of which were serious, the State Drug Enforcement Service reported Friday.
Myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle, has been reported for the first time. It happened after the Moderna vaccine.
“This is a 20-year-old boy treated in a hospital,” said Rugilė Pilvinienė, senior advisor to the Service’s Pharmacovigilance and Poisoning Information Division.
This is the first report in Lithuania on such a situation.
“It seems a lot to be related to vaccination, because there are no other reasons to explain why this could have happened to a young man in his twenties,” said R. Pilvinienė.
He said there have been several dozen reports of numbness in parts of the body, as well as several dozen cases of increased blood pressure.
“The absolute number of (adverse reactions – adverse reactions – BNS) is increasing, constantly increasing as the number of vaccinated people increases, but the percentage of reporters decreases,” said the head of the service Gytis Andrulionis during a press conference in Friday.
There were 370 reports of the Pfizer vaccine, 0.9 reports of adverse reactions per 1,000 vaccinated, 101 reports per 1,000 vaccines after Moderna vaccine and 1.5 reports per 1,000 vaccinated, 483 reports per 1,000 vaccines after vaccination. AstraZeneca vaccine or 4.1 reports per 1,000 vaccinated. and 29 reports after Johnson & Johnson, or 1.7 reports per 1,000 vaccinated. The name of the vaccine was not mentioned in three reports.
Reduce the number of beds
As the epidemiological situation of COVID-19 improves and the number of patients treated in hospitals decreases, the number of beds for the treatment of this disease in the Kaunas region will be reduced from Monday, reported Kaunas Clinics.
“We can be happy that we can not only reduce the number of beds, but also completely close the beds for COVID-19 in some support hospitals, allowing the institutions to return to pre-pandemic conditions. After the second pandemic. wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the first institution of its kind was the Prienai Hospital. After the third wave, the Kėdainiai Hospital, “said Vaidotas Gurskis, Head of the Kaunas Region Management Group for COVID-19 Disease .
According to him, the reduction in the number of beds is possible due to the further decrease in the number of newcomers per day for two consecutive weeks (from 23 to 11) and the decrease in the occupancy of active treatment beds for inpatients. up to 40 percent.
New vaccines
The European Medicines Agency is expected to register two new coronavirus vaccines in June, which Lithuania also ordered, says Gytis Andrulionis, director of the State Agency for Medicines Control (IARC).
“In terms of short-term registrations, CureVac and Novavax are the closest candidates that should be approved and directly affect Lithuania, because contracts and obligations have been concluded with them,” G. Andrulionis said during a press conference on Friday.
According to him, the record of these preparations “can also be expected this month.”
