19 new coronavirus infections diagnosed in 24 hours

The total number of coronavirus infections in the country increased to 8,161, as 19 more infections have been diagnosed in the last 24 hours, said the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the number of deaths from COVID-19 in Finland has been reduced by one to 335 as the THL made correction to the figure on Wednesday.

Earlier, the total number of deaths in the Helsinki-Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS) was calculated at 276 but the hospital district on Wednesday corrected the number to 275, resulting in the total number of death being 335.

So far, a total of 275 people have died in the Helsinki-Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS), 25 in the Pohjois-Savo Hospital District (KYS), 19 in the Turku Hospital District (TYKS), 13 in the Pohjois-Pohjanmaa Hospital District (OYS), and three in the Tampere-Pirkanmaa (TAYS) Hospital District.

Until Wednesday, 7,350 or more than 90% coronavirus-infected patients in Finland had recovered.

A total of nine coronavirus patients, including two in intensive care units (ICU) are now undergoing treatment at different hospitals.

According to the THL report, in relation to Finland’s total population (5,543,233), the prevalence of COVID-19 cases is 147 per 100,000 people.

Currently, laboratories in the country are testing about 16,000 samples a day.