1 more death, 416 new coronavirus infections diagnosed in 2 days

The coronavirus death toll in the country has reached 931 as one more patient died in the Pohjois-Pohjanmaa Hospital District (OYS) in the last two days since Wednesday afternoon, said the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) on Friday afternoon.

Meanwhile, the total number of coronavirus infections in the country has increased to 89, 686 as 416 new cases were diagnosed in that time.

Out of the new cases, 262 infections were diagnosed on Thursday and 154 on Friday.

The number of coronavirus variants in the country increased to 6, 424. Of them, 5,265 are UK variants, 1132 South African variants, 25 Indian variants and two Brazilian variants.

So far, 602 people have died in the Helsinki-Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS), 101 in the Turku Hospital District (TYKS), 84 in the Tampere-Pirkanmaa Hospital District (TAYS), 83 in the Pohjois-Savo Hospital District (KYS), and 61 in the Pohjois-Pohjanmaa Hospital District (OYS).

A total of 122 coronavirus patients, including 28 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 1,620 per 100,000 people.

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