2 more deaths, 563 new coronavirus infections diagnosed in 3 days

The coronavirus death toll in the country has reached 933 as two more patients- one in the Helsinki-Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS) and another in the Tampere-Pirkanmaa Hospital District (TAYS)- died in the last three days since Friday afternoon, said the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) on Monday.

Meanwhile, the total number of coronavirus infections in the country has increased to 90, 249 as 563 new cases were diagnosed in that time.

Out of the new cases, 192 infections were diagnosed on Saturday, 227 on Sunday and 144 on Monday.

The number of coronavirus variants in the country remained at 6, 424. Of them, 5,265 are UK variants, 1132 South African variants, 25 Indian variants and two Brazilian variants.

So far, 603 people have died in the Helsinki-Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS), 101 in the Turku Hospital District (TYKS), 85 in the Tampere-Pirkanmaa Hospital District (TAYS), 83 in the Pohjois-Savo Hospital District (KYS), and 61 in the Pohjois-Pohjanmaa Hospital District (OYS).

A total of 132 coronavirus patients, including 27 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 1,630 per 100,000 people.

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