Up to 24 coronavirus deaths per day in Lithuania, 2432 new cases confirmed



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Of the 24 people who died from coronavirus, 19 had not been vaccinated at all or completely against COVID-19.

A total of 5,209 people have died from the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, according to Statistics from Lithuania.

3,188 people were vaccinated with the first dose of the vaccine last day. A total of 8,219 people were vaccinated per day.

Hospitals are currently treating 1,366 people with COVID-19, about 80 fewer than the previous day, 132 of whom are in resuscitation.

12.6 thousand jobs were carried out in the country on the last day. molecular (PCR) and 9.2 thousand. antigen tests for suspected coronavirus.

The last 7 days the average number of new cases per day is 2026.

The last 7 days change from the previous 7 days. – 23.5% / week

This week, 110,190 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from three manufacturers were delivered to Lithuania. On Monday, the manufacturer BioNTech and Pfizer delivered 43,290 doses of the Comirnaty vaccine, and the pharmaceutical company Janssen Pharmaceutica NV delivered 14,400 doses of the Janssen vaccine. AstraZeneca delivered 52,500 doses of the Vaxzevria vaccine on Friday, the Health Ministry said.

For the second year in a row, doctors at the Klaipėda University Hospital (KUL), who are treating the most severe COVID-19 patients in the Klaipėda region, say that the coronavirus wave this fall is especially threatening and that the situation it’s getting more and more tense. . The number of hospitalized patients is growing and their conditions are more serious than before.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday it would resume the approval process for the Russian COVID-19 vaccine “Sputnik V” after a series of problems.



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