34 more coronavirus infections diagnosed in 3 days

The total number of coronavirus infections in the country has increased to 7,466 as 34 more cases have been diagnosed in three days since Friday, said the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) on Monday.

Meanwhile, the number of coronavirus deaths in Finland remains unchanged at 329, as no new death has been reported in the last 10 days, said the THL report.

The last coronavirus death in the country took place on 24 July.

Until Monday, 6,950 or more than 90% coronavirus-infected patients in Finland had recovered.

A total of nine coronavirus patients are now undergoing treatment at different hospitals but there is no one in any intensive care unit (ICU).

So far, a total of 271 people have died in the Helsinki-Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS), 25 in the Pohjois-Savo Hospital District (KYS), 18 in the Turku Hospital District (TYKS), 12 in the Pohjois-Pohjanmaa Hospital District (OYS), and three in the Tampere-Pirkanmaa (TAYS) Hospital District.

According to the THL report, in relation to Finland’s total population (5,543,233), the prevalence of COVID-19 cases is 135 per 100,000 people.

Currently, laboratories in the country are testing about 13,000 samples a day.