The number of new Covid cases in Estonia has fallen slightly on the previous week, the Health Board (Terviseamet) says. 224 people were hospitalized with Covid as of Monday morning.
As of the morning of Monday, October 3, a total of 210 people in Estonia were hospitalized with COVID-19. In all, 3,561 new cases of COVID were diagnosed across the country last week, and another just over 1,400 new lab-confirmed cases can be expected this week, the Health Board said in its weekly forecast.
With fall on the way, a wider spread of the coronavirus is likely. Schools in Estonia will continue to conduct rapid testing in the hope of avoiding a full-scale move to distance learning, says Minister of Education and Research Tõnis Lukas (Isamaa).
The number of people being treated in hospital for coronavirus and the number of new cases continues to fall, the Health Board said in its weekly forecast.
The until recently rare and largely contained to Africa monkeypox virus spreading quickly in Europe, the Americas and Australia is making health experts anxious. Estonian experts believe the outbreak will not develop into a pandemic.