Health Board: Deaths rise to 65, one new coronavirus case diagnosed
A 77-year old woman died due to coronavirus (COVID-19) and one new positive test was recorded in the last 24 hours, the Health Board said on Monday.
The woman died in Harju County and the total number of deaths is now 65.
Over the past 24 hours, 812 tests were analysed across Estonia of which one, or 0.1 percent, reported a positive result. The positive test was recorded in Harju County.
As of Monday morning, 39 patients are being treated in hospital after contracting the coronavirus and one is using a ventilator. In total, 318 persons have been discharged from hospitals, 329 disease cases have been closed.
To date, 1,538 persons have recovered from the disease. Of these, 993 cases (64.6 percent) have been closed. For 545 persons (35.4 percent) more than 28 days have passed since they received a positive test result and they are not being treated in hospital.
A total of 76,590 first time tests have been carried out in Estonia, of which 1,824, 2.4 percent, have been positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
On Sunday, the Health Board said two new cases were diagnosed and there were 14 the day before.
You can view more coronavirus data at www.koroonakaart.ee/en.
Message from the Health Board
The Health Board reminds everyone that even after the end of the emergency situation, vigilance towards COVID-19 as well as other infectious diseases should stay high: hand hygiene, social distancing and staying home when sick are still important measures to follow. The coronavirus is spread mainly from person-to-person, usually via close contact with an infected person. Close contact is seen as a situation where people are closer than 2 metres to each other for the duration of 15 minutes.
COVID-19 is a droplet infection caused by SARS-CoV-2 that spreads through sneezing and coughing from people to people, and by way of contaminated surfaces and unwashed hands.
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Editor: Helen Wright