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Week 42 saw a total of 3,808 people fall ill with acute respiratory infections, of whom 35% were children. The average number of cases out of every 100,000 people was 286.3. Eight new influenza A cases were confirmed by laboratory tests. Based on information which had been logged during a targeted survey of acute upper respiratory tract infections (with this survey being known as ‘Sentinel Monitoring’), it can be seen that the intensity of the spread of viruses is low, with the spread of the influenza virus being particularly limited. The total number of patients who sought medical...

Monday morning saw a grand total of 224 COVID-19 patients who required hospitalisation. Last week, an overall figure of 176 new cases of COVID-19 were registered by hospitals. Based on the results from wastewater monitoring in week 41, the spread of the virus is at the red risk level, to the extent of approximately 69% of the country. Juta Varjas, chief specialist at the Health Board’s Department of Infectious Diseases, said that 3,242 cases were added last week, of which 1,063 were laboratory-confirmed and 2,179 had been clinically diagnosed. ‘Compared to last week the number of new cases...

Monday morning saw a grand total of 238 COVID-19 patients who required hospitalisation. Last week, an overall figure of 201 new cases of COVID-19 were registered by hospitals. Based on the results from wastewater monitoring in week 40, the spread of the virus is at the red risk level, to the extent of approximately 41% of the country. Juta Varjas, chief specialist at the Health Board’s Department of Infectious Diseases, said that 3,484 cases were added last week, of which 1,196 were laboratory-confirmed and 2,288 had been clinically diagnosed. ‘Compared to last week the number of new cases...

Monday morning saw a grand total of 176 COVID-19 patients who required hospitalisation. An overall figure of 160 new cases of COVID-19 were registered last week by hospitals. Olga Sadikova, chief specialist of the Health Board’s Influenza Centre, said that 3,370 cases were added last week, of which 1,188 were laboratory-confirmed and 2,182 had been clinically diagnosed. ‘Compared to the figures for last week, the number of new cases has increased by 10%. The number of positive test results showed the greatest level of increase amongst infants (up to four years of age),’ Sadvikova...