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15 new infections, no coronavirus death in 3 days

Published : 06 Jul 2020, 15:34

Updated : 07 Jul 2020, 14:11

  DF Report
File Photo Source: City of Helsinki by Laura Oja.

The number of coronavirus deaths in Finland remained unchanged at 329 as no new death had been reported in the country in the last three days, said the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) on Monday.

Meanwhile, the total number of coronavirus infections increased to 7257 as 15 more cases had been diagnosed in the last three days until Monday afternoon.

The last coronavirus death was reported on July 3.

A total of 19 coronavirus patients are undergoing treatment at different hospitals in the country including one in intensive care unit (ICU).

So far, a total of 272 people had died in the Helsinki-Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS), 25 in the Pohjois-Savo Hospital District (KYS), 17 in the Turku Hospital District (TYKS), 12 in the Pohjois-Pohjanmaa Hospital District (OYS), and three in the Tampere-Pirkanmaa (TAYS) Hospital District.

More than 6,700 patients, or 90% of the total number of infected people, have recovered from the disease.

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

According to the THL report, in relation to Finland’s total population (5,543,233), the prevalence of cases is 131 per 100,000 people.