A total of 465 coronavirus infections were confirmed in Lithuania last day and 301 in Estonia. The disease caused by the virus Covid-19 has claimed 15 lives in Lithuania and two in Estonia, national authorities said on Monday.
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In Lithuania
3781 analyzes were performed last day and the proportion of positive tests was 12.3%. A total of 6,507,749 analyzes were performed in Lithuania.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, 480,310 people have been diagnosed with coronavirus infection in the country.
A total of 6862 people died in Lithuania with Covid-19.
The hospitals are currently treating 1,344 Covid-19 patients, 129 of whom are in resuscitation.
According to the Department of Statistics, the 14-day cumulative number of infections per 100,000 population in Lithuania has decreased to 853.1.
A total of 1,878,638 people have been vaccinated against Covid-19 in Lithuania, including 1,434,256 people who have been vaccinated. 356,740 people received booster vaccinations.
In Estonia
4240 analyzes were performed last day, thus the proportion of positive tests was 7.1%. A total of 2,365,435 tests have been performed in Estonia since the beginning of the pandemic to detect coronavirus infection.
The total number of confirmed infections in Estonia has reached 225,294. A total of 1,825 people have died in Estonia with Covid-19.
240 Covid-19 patients are currently being treated in hospitals, 202 of whom are severely ill.
The 14-day cumulative number of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population calculated by the Estonian Department of Health has dropped to 565.4.
A total of 830,815 people have been vaccinated against Covid-19 in Estonia, including 793,696. 195,451 people were vaccinated.
Possible cases of omicron
In Estonia, two people who came from abroad and tested positive for Covid-19 are suspected of being infected with a new South African strain of coronavirus, or omicron, according to the Department of Health.
In one case, the person arrived from the Republic of South Africa, and in another case – from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Both vaccinated people are currently in solitary confinement at home.
The Department of Health has indicated that both individuals have been identified as having a mutation in the omicron strain, but that they have not yet been confirmed to be infected with the omicron strain.
To date, no cases of omicron infection have been confirmed in Estonia.
A new variant of Covid-19 with a large number of mutations was reported in the Republic of South Africa on 24 November, due to a rapid increase in the number of infections in that country. The 15th letter of the Greek alphabet – omicron – has been assigned to denote the new type of virus.
The spread of the new variant has already led to warnings that more than half of the new cases of Covid-19 in Europe in the coming months may be of this type.
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