COVID-19 blog, June 12th: 6 new positive test results in 24 hours

12.06.2020 | 10:50

Over the past 24 hours, 884 tests were analysed for the COVID-19 causing SARS-CoV-2 virus, of which 6 (0.7 %) showed positive results.

Based on data from the population register, 3 new positive tests were found in Harju County (all in Tallinn) and 3 in Ida-Viru County (all in Narva).

According to the latest data from the morning of June 12th, 14 patients require hospitalisation in Estonia due to the coronavirus, there are no patients on ventilation. Over the 24-hour period no new COVID-19 linked death cases were reported. In total, the coronavirus has caused the deaths of 69 persons in Estonia.

357 persons have been discharged from hospitals and 370 disease cases have been closed.

To date 1703 persons have recovered from the disease. 1317 (77.3%) of these cases have been closed and in the cases of 386 persons (22.7%), more than 28 days have passed from receiving a positive test result and they are not hospitalised.

A total of more that 94 thousand first time tests have been carried out in Estonia, of which 1 970 (2.1%) have been positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus. For more detailed statistics on coronavirus testing, please see www.koroonakaart.ee/en.

The Health Board reminds everyone that even after the end of the emergency situation, vigilance towards COVID-19 as well as other infectious diseases should stay high: hand hygiene, social distancing and staying home when sick are still important measures to follow. The coronavirus is spread mainly from person-to-person, usually via close contact with an infected person. Close contact is seen as a situation where people are closer than 2 metres to each other for the duration of 15 minutes.

COVID-19 is a droplet infection caused by SARS-CoV-2 that spreads through sneezing and coughing from people to people, and by way of contaminated surfaces and unwashed hands.

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