42 new positive tests results over the past 24 hours

Over the past 24 hours, 1684 COVID-19 virus tests were analysed in Estonia, of which 42 tests (2%) showed positive results. Based on data from the population register, over the 24 hour period the highest number of coronavirus cases were found in Harju County (18), followed by Saare County (13), and Pärnu County (3). 2 cases were found in Rapla, Lääne-Viru and Ida-Viru counties, 1 case in Tartu County, and 1 positive case involves a person, whose identity code is unknown.

According to the latest data from the morning of 7 April, 130 patients require hospitalisation in Estonia due to the novel coronavirus, of whom 12 are on ventilation. 69 people have been discharged from hospitals. Due to COVID-19, over the past 24 hours 2 patients died: a 92 year old man at the Ida-Viru Hospital and an 84 year old woman at the Kuressaare Hospital. In total, 21 people have died in Estonia due to the COVID-19 virus.

In total, 23 546 tests have been analysed in Estonia, of which 1149 (5%) have shown positive results. Of the positive results, 38% are in Saare County and 31% in Harju County. The counties of Ida-Viru, Pärnu and Võru account for 6% of the cases each. Across age groups, 26% of those tested positive are elderly (over 65). More detailed statistics about the Coronavirus tests are available here: www.terviseamet.ee/koroonakaart.
 

Explanation from the Health and Welfare Information Systems Centre

In the open source data, we publish the latest information, updated once every 24 hours, based on data from the health information system TIS. Healthcare service providers (including laboratories) have the option of making corrections, changes and cancellations to the submitted documents. Changing documents might be done, for example, in order to improve the quality of information. In such case, the laboratory’s information system sends a new version of the previously submitted document to the health information system, and the previous version is voided. Therefore, when it comes to the total number of results, it is not always possible to add the previous day’s total to the numbers submitted for the past 24 hours. Instead, on the timeline, the total is calculated as a sum total of the currently valid results.

The principle applies to negative as well as positive results.

Due to the emergency situation in Estonia, a ban on visits applies to all social welfare institutions, hospitals and prisons until the preliminary date of 1 May 2020, unless otherwise decided by the government. To contain the further spread of the COVID-19 infection, the Health Board ordered the cessation of all regular, planned health care outside of the national network of hospitals. Private medical establishments and dental clinics will only provide emergency care. Regular treatments are stopped to contain the spread of the virus and in the interest of using personal protective equipment more economically. Regular treatments that have already been started will be reassessed by the doctor and patient, on a case-by-case basis. All regular treatments, whose cessation would endanger a patient’s health, will definitely have to be carried out to their completion.

Additional information is available on the Health Board’s dedicated website and on the Health Board Facebook page. Questions about the emergency situation are answered on the government website.