1 more death, 44 new coronavirus infections diagnosed in 3 days

The number of coronavirus deaths in Finland has increased to 336, as one more patient died in the Helsinki-Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS) 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 8,086 as 44 more cases have been diagnosed in the last three days since Friday, said the THL report.

So far, a total of 276 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 24 August.

Until Monday, 7,200 or more than 90% coronavirus-infected patients in Finland had recovered.

A total of 10 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 146 per 100,000 people.

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