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On the last day, 249 new cases of COVID-19 were identified in the country, 12 people died from this infectious disease, the Department of Statistics reported on Monday.
Last day 2,895 molecular tests (PCR) and 219 of antigens to the presumed coronavirus were carried out.
The rate of new illnesses in the last 14 days is 100,000. the population reaches 223.2 cases. The proportion of positive diagnostic tests in the last seven days is 6.4 percent.
In Lithuania, since the start of the pandemic, COVID-19 has affected 205 thousand people. 644 people.
Statistically recovered and currently 191 thousand live. 324 people, declared – 147 thousand. 302 recovered. Statistically, there are currently 6921 sick people, the declared number of sick people is 50 thousand. 943.
The Department of Statistics considers that a person declared sick has a confirmed case and the end of the disease has not been 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. .
A total of 3,410 people have died in Lithuania since COVID-19. 6,886 deaths are directly and indirectly related to this infectious disease.
The first dose of COVID-19 was given to 23 people last day, the second dose was not. A total of 253 thousand people were vaccinated with the first dose in the country. 609 people, both doses – 98 thousand. 924 people.
Hospitals are currently treating 778 COVID-19 patients, 76 of whom are in resuscitation.
778 COVID-19 patients are currently being treated in Lithuanian hospitals, 76 of them undergoing resuscitation, the Statistics Department reported on Monday.
Oxygen is added to 743 patients and 48 patients receive artificial lung ventilation.
48 people were hospitalized for COVID-19 per day.
People ages 60 to 99 died of COVID-19 on the last day
Twelve people died last day from COVID-19, ranging in age from 60 to 99, according to data released by the Statistics Department on Monday.
Five of the dead were between 80 and 89 years old, three between 70 and 79 years old, three more between 60 and 69 years old and one between 90 and 99 years old.
All of these people died in hospitals.
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 3,410 people have died in Lithuania since COVID-19. 6,886 deaths are directly and indirectly related to this infectious disease.
Most of the deaths from COVID-19 (1,223 people) were in the age group 80-89 years. The four dead were between 20 and 29 years old.
The state was not prepared for such crises.
The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the problems that have accumulated over the years, the Deputy Minister of Health is convinced.
According to Živilė Simonaitytė, the state was not prepared for crises of this magnitude, complicating the current vaccination campaign.
“The e-health system does not work normally, where we can ensure the registration, we do not have normal information on the same communication, we do not have a normal infrastructure ready to distribute one medium or another”, Ž. Simonaitytė.
“In many cases, it is even difficult to imagine how the state may not have been prepared for an operation of this size and scale until now,” he said.
BNS recalls that it is planned that once the mass vaccination of the population begins, the population will register through the e-health system.
The BNS Records Center reported that “for an e-health system, as for any other computer system, a large number of simultaneous applications can be a challenge.”
“However, it can be managed by distributing the flow of applicants evenly, for example, differentiating the process by age group. As usual, there is regular communication with the system administrator, the Ministry of Health, on this and other issues related to e-health, ”said Mindaugas Samkus, representative of the Registry Center.
Vice Minister Ž. According to Simonaitytė, a backup log system is currently being developed, which would be used in case of problems.
The Ministry of Health also plans to expand the information campaign for the population, even publishing more information in other languages, such as Russian or Polish.
On Sunday, the Statistics Department announced that a total of 253,000 people had been vaccinated with the first dose of the vaccine in the country. 563 people, both doses – 98 thousand. 924 people.
