Finland reports 4 new coronavirus deaths in Helsinki and Turku regions

On Tuesday, the Finnish National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) reported 29 more coronavirus infections (25 of them in the Helsinki-Uusimaa region). With those contagions, the total number of laboratory-diagnosed cases of Covid-19 throughout the country rose to 6,628.

The health agency also reported 4 new fatalities, bringing the country's death toll to 312.

The region of Helsinki-Uusimaa remains the epicenter and worst-hit area. According to official figures, to date, 4,807 cases of Covid-19 have been found in the capital metropolitan area. Of them, 2,478 have been diagnosed in the city of Helsinki.

To date, the Helsinki university hospital special catchment area (HYKS) reported 255 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.

Of the 4 deaths reported Tuesday, 2 occurred in the Helsinki hospital region. The other 2 were recorded in the Turku + Åland hospital special catchment area, according to THL's figures.

Source: THL.

Helsinki-Uusimaa is also the region showing the highest incidence of infections: there are 285.1 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: 120 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, according to THL.

In intensive care

On Tuesday, the official number of patients hospitalized due to coronavirus nationwide dropped by 9 to 95 from the day before. And the number of people in intensive care units dropped by 7 to 11.

According to a preliminary estimate by THL, around 5,100 people may have already recovered from the disease.

To date, Finnish laboratories have taken samples from approximately 171,500 people.