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Recently, not only the number of deaths from COVID-19 in Lithuania has increased, but also the number of people treated in hospitals.
“The more infected, the more people go to the hospital, proportionally more people will suffer serious health problems and have more deaths.” This is a completely unavoidable process because, despite all efforts, despite all equipment or capacity, there are people among whom they become infected who are in a particularly high risk group. And for whom, unfortunately, this infection ends in death. This is a consequence of the fact that the virus is very widespread, “A.Veryga commented on the situation to reporters at Seimas on Tuesday.
Department of Statistics inf./Deaths from COVID-19
He did not want to get into predictions as COVID-19 would continue to spread, but said he was not optimistic.
“It is a very thankless occupation to predict something, because often those who predict cannot predict all possible components or variables, they cannot predict the behavior of people. And if the movement of people does not decrease, I would be a bad prophet, I am not optimistic, I think that we and 4 thousand. We are free to receive cases 24 hours a day, “said A.Veryga.
Said how to implement restrictions
Monday The government has tightened the quarantine conditions, and extended the quarantine until December 31.
One of the restrictions is that no more than 20 percent of all vehicle parking spaces are allowed to be filled in the parking lots around Wednesday. A.Veryga stated that this provision can be further clarified.
“There is still a discussion with the Association of Business Companies about the small outlets. There may even be some adjustments <...> perhaps all risks and understated. And in the big supermarkets, I don’t think that should cause any problems, “he said.
Supermarkets, according to the minister, could use automatic firewalls to scan numbers, block part of the parking lots or place stakes in certain parking lots to restrict car traffic.
“The technical range of these solutions can be found in a wide variety,” summarized A.Veryga.
People ages 50 to 99 died from coronavirus
Last day, 10 deaths were reported, with coronavirus deaths due to other causes and 36 deaths from COVID-19, the National Center for Public Health (NVSC) said Tuesday.
They were between the ages of 50 and 99, with the highest number of confirmed deaths in Kaunas County.
A total of nine deaths were recorded in Kaunas County. These patients were between the ages of 60 and 99 years.
Eight people died in Klaipeda County. They were between 50 and 99 years old.
Seven deaths were recorded in Šiauliai county. The dead were between 50 and 89 years old.
Four people died in Panevėžys county. They were between 50 and 89 years old.
There were three deaths in Alytus County. The dead were between 70 and 99 years old.
Two people died in Tauragė and Utena counties. These patients were between 50 and 89 years old.
One death was recorded in Marijampolė County. The person belonged to the age group 80 to 89 years.
A total of 673 people have died from COVID-19 in Lithuania since the start of the pandemic. There are currently 44,020 people with coronavirus, including 2,154 in hospitals.
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