Number of coronavirus infection cases in Finland rises to 23

The number of coronavirus infection cases rises to 23 in Finland as four more cases were confirmed on Sunday, said National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL).

Two of the infections have been diagnosed in the Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District while one case in the Pirkanmaa Hospital District and the rest in North Savo Hospital District, said a THL press release.

A female retiree and working-age man were found infected in the capital region. The woman, who is quarantined at home, had contracted the infection from northern Italy's epidemic zone. The man, who caught the virus from another infected person, is being treated in hospital, reported national broadcaster Yle.

The case in North Savo also infected from Northern Italy.

Earlier, on March 7, four cases of coronavirus infection were confirmed in Finland.

Two cases- a working age person and a pensioner have been diagnosed at the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa while the rest two cases- two adult people were found in Tampere under Pirkanmaa Hospital District.

On March 6 three cases of COVID-19 infection were confirmed in Finland.

One case has been diagnosed at the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa while one case at the Northern Ostrobothnia Hospital District and another case at the South Karelia Social and Health Care District.

On March 5, five cases of COVID-19 infection were confirmed in the country.

Three of the cases were diagnosed in Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS), and two others are in Pirkanmaa Hospital District and Kanta-Hame Hospital District.

On March 1, two cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Helsinki by the Helsinki and Uusimaa hospital district (HUS).

They had contact with a woman who had tested positive for COVID-19 in Helsinki on February 28.

On February 28, a patient is a working-age Finnish woman in Helsinki was diagnosed infected with the virus. She returned from northern Italy recently.

On February 26 another Finnish woman in Helsinki was diagnosed with coronavirus infection.

In late January, a female Chinese tourist tested positive for novel coronavirus in northern Finland's Lapland. She had been discharged from hospital later.