2 more deaths, 419 new coronavirus infections diagnosed in 24 hours

The total coronavirus death toll in the country has reached 868 as two more people- one in the Turku Hospital District (TYKS) and another in Tampere-Pirkanmaa Hospital District (TAYS) - died in the last 24 hours, said the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) on Friday.

Meanwhile, the total number of coronavirus infections in the country has increased to 81, 261, as 419 new cases were diagnosed in the previous 24 hours.

The number of coronavirus variants in the country increased to 3621. Of them, 3,261 were UK variants, 359 South African variants, and one was Brazilian variant.

So far, 563 people have died in the Helsinki-Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS), 94 in the Turku Hospital District (TYKS), 80 in the Pohjois-Savo Hospital District (KYS), 77 in the Tampere-Pirkanmaa Hospital District (TAYS), and 54 in the Pohjois-Pohjanmaa Hospital District (OYS).

A total of 224 coronavirus patients, including 41 in intensive care units (ICUs), are now undergoing treatment at different hospitals in the country.

According to the THL report, in relation to Finland’s total population (5,537,046), the prevalence of COVID-19 cases is 1,468 per 100,000 people.

Currently, laboratories in the country have the testing capacity of about 30,000 samples a day.