3 more deaths, 211 new coronavirus infections diagnosed in 24 hours
Published : 21 May 2021, 12:44
Updated : 21 May 2021, 13:13
The coronavirus death toll in the country has reached 932 as three more patients died in different hospital districts in the last 24 hours, said the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) on Friday afternoon.
Out of the deaths, one was reported in the Helsinki-Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS), one in in the Pohjois-Savo Hospital District (KYS) and the rest one in the Tampere-Pirkanmaa Hospital District (TAYS),
Meanwhile, the total number of coronavirus infections in the country has increased to 91,157 as 211 new cases were diagnosed in that time.
The number of coronavirus variants in the country remained at 6, 875. Of them, 5,639 are UK variants, 1194 South African variants, 40 Indian variants and two Brazilian variants.
So far, 598 people have died in the Helsinki-Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS), 101 in the Turku Hospital District (TYKS), 88 in the Tampere-Pirkanmaa Hospital District (TAYS), 84 in the Pohjois-Savo Hospital District (KYS), and 61 in the Pohjois-Pohjanmaa Hospital District (OYS).
A total of 136 coronavirus patients, including 28 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 1,646 per 100,000 people.
Currently, laboratories in the country have the testing capacity of about 30,000 samples a day.