On Tuesday, the Finnish National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) reported 24 more coronavirus infections. With those contagions, the total number of laboratory-diagnosed cases of Covid-19 throughout the country rose to 7,025.
The health agency also reported 1 new death in the Helsinki University hospital catchment area (HYKS) associated with the Covid-19 disease. So far, the country's death toll is 324.
The region of Helsinki-Uusimaa is the epicenter and worst-hit area. According to official figures, to date, 5,152 cases of Covid-19 have been found in the capital metropolitan area. Of them, 2,677 cases have been diagnosed in the city of Helsinki.
To date, the Helsinki university hospital special catchment area (HYKS) reported 267 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 305.6 diagnosed cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
For the whole country, the average incidence rate is less than half that in Helsinki: 127 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, according to THL.
In intensive care
On Tuesday, the official number of patients hospitalized due to coronavirus nationwide was 28. And the number of people in intensive care units was 4.
According to a preliminary estimate by THL, around 5,800 people may have already recovered from the disease, which is around 85% of reported cases.
To date, Finnish laboratories have taken samples from approximately 205,600 people.
