Epidemiologists have managed to trace the source of the infection to about half of the Covid-19 infections found on Thursday, according to information provided by the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (SPKC).
A record number of cases was diagnosed last day – 148. The SPCC has established that 71 people have become infected from known sources of infection.
Eight more people have been infected abroad, four of them in Russia. Also, in two cases, Covid-19 was “imported” from Belarus, one each from Finland and the United States.
In other cases, the conditions for infection are still being clarified.
It has already been reported that on Thursday the largest number of new cases of Covid-19 was registered in Latvia – 148 infected, according to the data compiled by the SPKC. A person infected with Covid-19 in the age group of 30 to 35 also died last day.
4759 Covid-19 examinations were performed during the last day, which is one of the highest numbers of tests performed per day. Meanwhile, a total of 382,949 examinations have been performed in Latvia so far, 3204 persons have fallen ill and 1329 have recovered.
The proportion of positive cases against those tested last day was 3.1%. The SPCC has previously explained that this figure is considered important in the European Union, as above 3%, the spread of the disease is considered to be rapid and uncontrolled.
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