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In Finland, 22 new coronavirus infections have been reported during the day, says the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL). A total of 7,554 infections have now been identified.
No new coronavirus-related deaths have been reported today. There are a total of 331 of them.
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According to the THL, because of the coronavirus, there are three people in hospital, none of whom are in intensive care.
The majority of infections have been detected in Uusimaa, a total of 5,504 infections. Of the cities, Helsinki has the highest number of infections, with 2,815 infections. The second highest number of infections is in Vantaa (927) and the third highest in Espoo (867).
223 infections have been diagnosed in Turku and 142 in Tampere.
Yesterday, THL reported 20 new coronavirus infections detected during the day.
Infections have been on the rise in Finland over the last two weeks. At a press conference held by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (STM) and THL yesterday morning, STMA’s Director of Strategy Liisa-Maria Voipio-Pulkki said that the R-number describing the number of infections with the virus had risen to more than one. This indicates that the epidemic is in an accelerating phase.
The number of infections has almost doubled in the last seven days of follow-up compared to the previous one-week period.