Coronavirus death toll in Finland raises to 218

The coronavirus death toll in Finland has increased to 218 as seven more people died in the Helsinki-Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS) in the last 24 hours, said the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) on Friday.

Till Friday, 177 people died in the Helsinki-Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS), 22 in the Pohjois-Savo Hospital District (KYS), eight in the Turku Hospital District (TYKS), eight in the Pohjois-Pohjanmaa Hospital District (OYS), and three in the Tampere-Pirkanmaa (TAYS) Hospital District.

The identities of the deceased, however, could not be known as the THL did not divulge any details in this regard.

Meanwhile, the total number of coronavirus infection cases in the country has increased to 5051, as 56 more cases had been diagnosed in the 24 hours until Friday afternoon.

The number of coronavirus infections in Finland is likely to be much higher than is reported, as not all those with mild symptoms have been tested thus far and there is no data available on asymptomatic infections.

So far more than 3,000 patients have recovered from the disease.

Presently, 185 coronavirus patients are undergoing treatment in different hospitals, including 49 in intensive care units.

Currently, laboratories are testing about 5,500 samples a day and their testing capacity is being increased gradually.

In relation to Finland’s total population (5,543,233), the prevalence of cases is 91 cases per 100,000 people, the THL report pointed out.