In total, 298 individuals are being treated in hospital due to symptomatic COVID-19

As of the morning of 27 January, hospital treatment is being provided to 298 individuals who have been infected with COVID-19. A total of 192 patients who have COVID-19 are currently receiving hospital treatment after having developed serious symptoms, including 144 patients who have not been vaccinated (which covers 75% of the overall figure), and forty-eight patients who have been fully vaccinated (which amounts to 25% of the overall figure).

Forty-eight new COVID-19 cases have been opened by hospitals within the past 24 hours. Five new deaths have been added within the same period, including a 34 year-old man, a 78 year-old woman, an 82 year-old man, and two men aged 88. Only one of those individuals had been vaccinated.

The last 24 hours have also seen 13,016 tests being analysed in Estonia in relation to coronavirus, of which the results of 6,238 were positive. The average infection rate for the last seven days for every 100,000 members of the country’s vaccinated population is 294.5, while for the unvaccinated population the figure is 484.8.

A total of 3,009 vaccine doses have been administered over the past 24 hours, with 340 individuals receiving their first injections. As of this morning, 371,855 individuals had received their additional or booster doses. Of the total population in Estonia, 62.2% are fully vaccinated. 

Further information can be found on the Health Board’s website: www.terviseamet.ee/en/coronavirus/coronavirus-dataset