1 more death, 67 new coronavirus infections diagnosed in 3 days

The number of coronavirus deaths in Finland has increased to 335, as one more patient died in the Pohjois-Pohjanmaa Hospital District (OYS) in the last 72 hours, said the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) on Monday.

Meanwhile, the total number of coronavirus infections in the country has increased to 7,938 as 67 more cases have been diagnosed in the last three days since Friday, said the THL report.

So far, a total of 275 people have died in the Helsinki-Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS), 25 in the Pohjois-Savo Hospital District (KYS), 19 in the Turku Hospital District (TYKS), 13 in the Pohjois-Pohjanmaa Hospital District (OYS), and three in the Tampere-Pirkanmaa (TAYS) Hospital District.

The previous coronavirus death in the country was reported on 17 August.

Until Monday, 7,100 or more than 90% coronavirus-infected patients in Finland had recovered.

A total of 11 coronavirus patients, including in one in intensive care unit (ICU) are now undergoing treatment at different hospitals.

According to the THL report, in relation to Finland’s total population (5,543,233), the prevalence of COVID-19 cases is 143 per 100,000 people.

Currently, laboratories in the country are testing about 14,000 samples a day.