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During the last 14 days, 242.8 new cases of coronavirus infection were detected in 100,000 inhabitants of Lithuania. In Vilnius, this relative morbidity rate, according to official statistics published on Saturday, reaches 411 cases.
To date, 1,049 deaths have been registered in the capital, with any cause of death attributed to COVID-19, or people infected by COVID-19 who have died from non-external causes in 28 days. In Lithuania, the number of such deaths has risen since the start of the pandemic to 6,661. In total, since the beginning of this year, in 41 weeks, our country has lost a total of 8,432 lives. This is 41.5 percent. more than the number of moles was recorded at a similar time a year ago.
Since the start of the pandemic, 42,524 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Vilnius. According to the Department of Statistics, currently 2,137 (de jure – 12 833) Vilnius residents are ill, 39 288 de jure – 28 592) residents have recovered. After conducting 12,842 surveys in Lithuania’s largest city in the past seven days, 7.9 percent. confirmed diagnosis of coronavirus disease. During the past week, 50,529 surveys were conducted in Lithuania, of which 6 percent. they were positive.
So far, 673 deaths of people infected but not necessarily with COVID-19 have been recorded in Kaunas. There have been 22,493 cases of infection between the start of the pandemic and this Saturday. Currently, 594 (de jure – 4,161) people are ill and 21,189 (de jure – 17,622) residents of Kaunas have recovered. During the past week, it was 4.2 percent. coronavirus cases (out of 5728 studies).
Both in the city of Kaunas and in most of the others, more than 100,000. The relative incidence of COVID-19 in the territories of Lithuanian municipalities with a population below the national average is below the national average. In the Kaunas district during the last 14 days 100 thousand. 168 new cases of the disease were identified in the population. In Šiauliai – 181, in Panevėžys – 209, in the city of Kaunas – 214 cases per 100 thousand. population. However, in the Vilnius district this indicator is higher: 297 cases.
To date, 7,855 cases of coronavirus infection have been recorded on the territory of the Vilnius district municipality, which surrounds the Lithuanian capital. Here, according to official statistics, 280 (de jure – 2279) sick and 7370 (de jure – 5371) residents were recovered. During the past seven days, 1,557 surveys were conducted in the district and 8.9 percent were found. new cases of infection.
As of this weekend, 5,824 cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the Kaunas district municipality, which has a slightly smaller population than in the Vilnius district, 169 (de jure – 1,200) were ill and 5,483 (de jure – 4,452) residents recovered. During the week of 1,115 studies, 5.9 percent were confirmed. cases of the disease.
According to an investigation published on Saturday, none of the 60 Lithuanian municipalities have confirmed new cases of COVID-19, although this has happened in the past. However, the total number of new cases in the country (comparing the last and exactly the weekly data for the week) has decreased by a fifth, by 20.3%.
As at the beginning of this week, there are now 13 municipalities in Lithuania where the relative incidence of coronavirus disease is less than 100 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants (in the last 14 days). It is the smallest in Birštonas (50 v.), Mažeikiai District. (53 photos) and the Pakruojis district. in the municipality (Fig. 55).
In Klaipeda, this indicator is currently 299 cases. During the past week, 5.5 percent was approved in the port city. cases (the study volume was 4066). In Šiauliai, which has a lower relative morbidity rate, after 2,454 examinations in 7 days, coronavirus was detected at 3.4 percent. of them, in Panevėžys, 7.7 per cent of positive cases during the same period. (out of 1217 studies).
Due to the non-decreasing morbidity of COVID-19, the Švenčionys district municipality is alarmed, in whose territory up to 645 new cases of COVID-19 have been identified in the last 2 weeks. population. The current situation is somewhat milder in Biržai district (431 cases) and Kupiškis district municipality (423 cases per 100,000 inhabitants).
In an attempt to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic, a total of 209,199 people were vaccinated in Lithuania. Of the 328,235 doses of vaccine received in the country (as of Saturday), 294,572 were used.
Birutė Mačienė (ELTA)
