Real number of coronavirus infections feared to be much higher

Number of total infected people with coronavirus seemed to be much higher in Finland than the official figure counted by the authority, said Markku Tervahauta, the Director General of the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL).

In an interview with the national broadcaster Yle in its morning breakfast (Ykkösaamu) programme, the THL boss feared that the number of people with coronavirus infections in Finland may be 20 to 30 times higher than has so far been confirmed, reported Yle.

Meanwhile, the number of coronavirus infection cases raised to 272 in Finland as 32 more cases were diagnosed at different parts of the country on Monday, THL official told Daily Finland.

A global research organization. Worldometers, however, said that the total number reached to 278.

Tervahauta told Yle that all suspected cases are not being tested anymore, so the real number of infections is feared to be much higher.

He said that only the seriously ill and risk group people such as social and healthcare workers are being tested in Finland now.

“Testing is focused on the kinds of symptoms and individuals where it is important to know whether it is in fact corona,” said the Yle report quoting Tervahauta as saying.