THL reports 3 deaths and 44 more infections in Finland

On Wednesday 20 May, the Finnish National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) reported 44 more coronavirus (koronavirus, in Finnish) infections. With them, the total number of laboratory-diagnosed cases rose to 6,443.

The health agency also reported 3 more deaths associated with the disease, bringing the total number of fatalities in Finland to 304.

The region of Helsinki-Uusimaa remains the epicenter and worst-hit area. According to official figures, to date, 4,650 cases of Covid-19 have been found in the capital metropolitan area. Of them, 2,404 have been diagnosed in the city of Helsinki.

New deaths all in Helsinki

To date, the Helsinki university hospital special catchment area (HYKS) reported 250 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.

The three deaths reported on Wednesday occurred in the capital region, according to figures by THL.

Source: THL.

Helsinki-Uusimaa is also the region showing the highest incidence of infections: there are 275.8 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: 118 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, according to THL.

In intensive care

On Wednesday, the official number of patients hospitalized due to coronavirus nationwide was 118, this was 6 more than the day before. And the number of people in intensive care units was 20, which was 5 less than the previous day.

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 156,200 people.