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So far (according to the Department of Statistics data released this Friday), the development of the COVID-19 pandemic has slowed or stopped in the Kelmė district.
In the territory of this municipality in the last two weeks 100 thousand new cases. the population settled at just 16.
Therefore, the territory of Kelmė district is painted green on the color map of 60 municipalities in Lithuania. The only. In three other municipalities, the relative morbidity rate in two weeks is less than 50: 42 new cases of coronavirus infection were confirmed in Pagėgiai District Municipality, 43 in Plungė District and 45 in Skuodas.
Birštonas stands out among the resorts
A few weeks ago, there were more than half (about 30) municipalities in the country, where the morbidity rate did not exceed 100 new cases per 100,000. population. This Friday it was announced that there are now 14 of these municipalities. And none of them is one of the 5 largest cities in Lithuania, and only Birštonas is included in the 14 resorts (in the last 14 days, 100 thousand people – 74 new COVID -19 diseases). Cases).
In other resorts in the country, which did not hide the joy that quarantine restrictions were barely released, many orders were poured into local hotels, the situation now is as follows: In Palanga, the morbidity rate (in two weeks Friday) population, 137 cases in Neringa and 174 cases in Druskininkai. Hopefully those numbers won’t rise even after the tourist influx over the weekend.
According to the National Center for Public Health on Friday, the weekly change in new cases of coronavirus infection in Lithuania, which was still 20.6 percent on Thursday, increased to 27.9 percent on Friday, and in recent 14 days, 100,000. The population found 415.6 cases of this type.
During the week, 83,711 COVID-19 infection studies confirmed the disease in 7.8% of cases. cases. 10.7 percent of the positive cases were detected in Vilnius. (out of 24,984 inquiries), in the Vilnius district – 17.8 percent. (research volume – 3156). At least 1% of the positive cases were confirmed in the Kretinga district municipality (after examining almost 800 samples), and 96 COVID-19 tests in Neringa during the same 7 days did not return any positive response.
In the territories of the largest municipalities in the country, with the exception of Vilnius and the surrounding district, the incidence rate of the COVID-19 disease does not reach the Lithuanian average. In Kaunas and the Kaunas district during the last two weeks 100 thousand. 364 new cases of COVID-19 were detected in the population, in Panevėžys – 39 cases, in Šiauliai – 163 cases. However, the situation on the Vilnius side is much more complicated: in the capital, according to official statistics, this indicator currently reaches 835 cases, in the Vilnius district – 898 cases per 100 thousand. population.
The situation is similar in Visaginas (894 cases), with a somewhat milder situation in Marijampolė (810 cases). But in two Lithuanian municipalities, where no new arrivals are likely to be expected at least in the near future, the morbidity rate exceeded 1000: in the Širvintos district over the last 14 days 100 thousand. 1053 new cases of COVID-19 infection were detected in the population and 1005 in the Šalčininkai district.
Municipalities painted black
There are currently 13 black, equally yellow and even darker or lighter red areas on the color map of the municipalities. It’s too early to judge to what extent that “disposition” of color may be affected by COVID-19 vaccination rates.
Because, for example, in the Širvintos district, as advertised, 15.8 percent have been vaccinated once or twice. population, while in the Šalčininkai district – 6.54 percent, and in Visaginas – 8.24 percent. and in the Vilnius district – 9.84%, but the COVID-19 situation in all these municipalities is equally threatening.
The leader of the big cities in the vaccination process is still Kaunas, which will probably have vaccinated more than a fifth of its population this Friday (and until today, 19.15%). One or both doses of the vaccine were vaccinated on Friday, 14.6 percent. Vilnius residents, 15.7 percent. Residents of Panevėžys, 14.87 percent. Šiauliai residents and 13.82 percent. Klaipeda residents.
In many small municipalities in the country, vaccination activity is even higher: in Birštonas one or both doses of the vaccine were vaccinated 27.78%, in Neringa – 27.8%, in Druskininkai – 21.56%, in Jurbarkas – 20.02%, in Rokiškis district – 20, 67 percent, in Palanga – 19.95 percent, in Biržai district – 19.66 percent, in Utena district – 18.83 percent. population.
