Page 36 - Viru County News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

The latest stage of a COVID-19 monitoring study conducted by scientists of the University of Tartu shows that the coronavirus has spread in all 15 Estonian counties and its spread doubled over the holidays. The primary results of the monitoring study, set to be finished by Tuesday, show that about 2.1 percent of Estonian population - every 50th person - is infectious in Estonia. 46 percent of those are asymptomatic and display no symptoms of the coronavirus. "We could say there are 22,000 people that are infectious carriers of the virus. That is around twice as many than before the holidays,"...

From January 18 restrictions on museums and exhibition halls will be lifted and gyms can reopen for individual training. The majority of restrictions in Harju and Ida-Viru counties will be extended for two more weeks, although schools will reopen on January 25. Restrictions imposed on both counties in December to slow the spread of the virus were planned to end on January 17, but the majority will now be extended. Restrictions remain in place in spas, restaurants, entertainment and cultural events. "The government has decided that, as a rule, the restrictions currently in force in Harju Count...

Nine people infected with coronavirus died in the last 24 hours and 855 new cases of coronavirus were recorded, the Health Board said on Wednesday.

1,104 new cases of coronavirus were diagnosed over the course of the last day, the Health Board (Terviseamet) said on Thursday. This is the first time more than 1,000 cases have been diagnosed in the same 24 hour period. In total, 7,148 tests were analyzed giving a positive share of 15.4 percent. Testing has now returned to the same level as before the Christmas holidays and the 14-day average is 582.48 per 100,000 inhabitants. The previous highest number of positive cases diagnosed on a single day was 968 on December 30, which was due to a backlog in the labs. Of the new cases, 713 were dia...

0"> A sign for the Health Board's "Let's keep Estonia open!" campaign in Kohtla-Järve, Ida-Viru County. Source: .Maria Metšenina Three people infected with COVID-19 died and 723 cases of coronavirus were diagnosed in the last 24 hours, the Health Board (Terviseamet) said on Wednesday. Three people infected with COVID-19 died during the last day, two men aged 65 and 78 and one women aged 73. So far, 261 people infected with the coronavirus have died in Estonia.  The majority of cases - 391 - were recorded in Harju County and 300 of those were in Tallinn. 140 cases were...