2 more deaths, 534 new coronavirus infections diagnosed in 3 days

The coronavirus death toll in the country has reached 924 as two more patients- one in the Pohjois-Savo Hospital District (KYS) and another in the Pohjois-Pohjanmaa Hospital District (OYS)- died in the last three days since Friday afternoon, said the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) on Monday afternoon.

Meanwhile, the total number of coronavirus infections in the country has increased to 88, 866 as 534 new cases were diagnosed in the last three days.

Out of the new cases, 229 infections were diagnosed on Saturday, 162 on Sunday and 143 on Monday.

The number of coronavirus variants in the country increased to 5,946. Of them, 4,924 are UK variants, 1020 South African variants, and two are Brazilian variant.

So far, 599 people have died in the Helsinki-Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS), 100 in the Turku Hospital District (TYKS), 84 in the Tampere-Pirkanmaa Hospital District (TAYS), 83 in the Pohjois-Savo Hospital District (KYS), and 58 in the Pohjois-Pohjanmaa Hospital District (OYS).

A total of 121 coronavirus patients, including 26 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 1,605 per 100,000 people.

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