Death from coronavirus made headlines in Finland after 2 days without fatalities.
On Sunday, the Finnish National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) reported 11 more coronavirus infections (9 of them in the Helsinki-Uusimaa region). With them, the total number of laboratory-diagnosed cases throughout the country rose to 6,579.
The health agency also reported 1 new dead recorded in the Turku + Åland hospital special catchment area, which brings the country's death toll to 307.
The region of Helsinki-Uusimaa remains the epicenter and worst-hit area. According to official figures, to date, 4,768 cases of Covid-19 have been found in the capital metropolitan area. Of them, 2,452 have been diagnosed in the city of Helsinki.
To date, the Helsinki university hospital special catchment area (HYKS) reported 252 fatalities (82% of the country's total). This means four out of every five deaths caused by coronavirus have occurred in the Helsinki hospital area.
Source: THL.
Helsinki-Uusimaa is also the region showing the highest incidence of infections: there are 282.8 diagnosed cases per 100,000 inhabitants. This rate grows slightly everyday.
For the whole country, the average incidence rate is less than half that in Helsinki: 119 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, according to THL.
In intensive care
On Sunday, the official number of patients hospitalized due to coronavirus nationwide raised by 2 to 106 from the day before. And the number of people in intensive care units dropped by 2 to 19.
According to a preliminary estimate by THL, around 4,800 people may have already recovered from the disease.
To date, Finnish laboratories have taken samples from approximately 166,900 people.
