News about Infections

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIC

Finland prepares for reopening: fewer cases, declining incidence

Foreigner.fi 4/8/21

THL reported on Thursday 426 new infections and 4 deaths.

Coronavirus

EPIDEMIC

THL reports 803 coronavirus infections, 2 dead in last 24 hours

Foreigner.fi 3/24/21

The number of people in hospital care is 295 nationwide. Of them, 62 are admitted to intensive care wards.

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COVID-19 EPIDEMIC

Finland reports 1,806 infections, 3 deaths in the past 72 hours

Foreigner.fi 3/22/21

At the time of writing this article, the number of people in hospital care was 306 nationwide. Of them, 55 were admitted to intensive care wards.

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

Finland reports 517 new Covid-19 infections, 1 death in Helsinki

Foreigner.fi 3/16/21

The highest incidence of the Covid-19 disease is in the Helsinki-Uusimaa hospital district, where 340 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants have been diagnosed in the past 2-week period.

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CORONAVIRUS

Finland reports 2,019 infections, 14 deaths in the last 72 hours

Foreigner.fi 3/15/21

Finland reaches the mark of 800 deaths associated with the Covid-19 disease.

Coronavirus

EPIDEMIC

Covid-19 situation "difficult" in Finland, new cases at record level

Foreigner.fi 3/11/21

 Finland recorded nearly 4,400 new cases of Covid-19 last week, which is the highest number since the epidemic started. 

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CORONAVIRUS

Sweden detects first Brazilian variant cases

Foreigner.fi/dpa 2/21/21

None of the infected people have been to Brazil.

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CORONAVIRUS

Finland reports 1,080 infections and 6 deaths in the last 72 hours

Foreigner.fi 2/1/21

115 cases caused by the recently described coronavirus variants have been identified in the country so far.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Finland reports 554 infections and 8 deaths in the last 48 hours

Foreigner.fi 1/7/21

To date, Finland has administered the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to 8,155 people, according to data from the Finnish National Immunization Registry.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Finland reports 13 deaths, 367 new infections in the last 24 hours

Foreigner.fi 12/23/20

The number of people hospitalized due to the Covid-19 disease is 258. Of them, 26 are in intensive care units.

Coronavirus

Finland records 17 coronavirus deaths in 72 hours

Foreigner.fi 12/21/20

The Nordic country exceeds the 500 dead mark . The number of patients in hospitals increased by 18, to 281.

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CORONAVIRUS

Finland reports 6 deaths, 411 new coronavirus infections

Foreigner.fi 12/16/20

34 patients are admitted to intensive care units.

Coronavirus

EPIDEMIC

Covid-19 in all grades and almost all classes in a Vantaa school

Foreigner.fi 12/15/20

Currently, the coronavirus is spreading strongly in Vantaa, local authorities say.

Coronavirus

EPIDEMIC

Finland reports 8 deaths, 1,037 new coronavirus infections

Foreigner.fi 12/14/20

The lowest incidence is in the Kainuu region, which had only 9.7 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the past 2-week period.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

US coronavirus infections, deaths, hospitalizations shatter records

Foreigner.fi/dpa 12/5/20

The US, which has a population of around 330 million, has recorded 14.1 million infections and more than 276,000 deaths since the start of the pandemic - far more than any other nation.

Coronavirus

EPIDEMIC

A quarter of Covid-19 cases in Finland detected in foreigners

Foreigner.fi 12/1/20

Health authorities reported 550 new infections on Tuesday. There was no official published daily death toll at the time of writing.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Finland reports 1,189 infections, 9 deaths in the last 3 days

Foreigner.fi 11/23/20

The incidence of new infections in the capital region soars to 146.1 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Of the new deaths recorded, 4 occurred in the Helsinki area, 3 in Oulu, 1 in…

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Finland records 561 infections, 2 deaths in the past 72 hours

Foreigner.fi 11/16/20

In the Helsinki-Uusimaa region, the incidence of new cases is now 106.3 infections per 100,000 residents in the preceding 14 days, according to THL's numbers.

Coronavirus

EPIDEMIC

Finland reports 238 coronavirus cases, 2 deaths in Helsinki area

Foreigner.fi 11/11/20

The incidence of new cases in the Helsinki area is almost double the national average. The largest number of new cases have been recorded in the hospital districts of Helsinki and Uusimaa,…

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CORONAVIRUS

Estonia announces a record number of new coronavirus cases

Foreigner.fi/dpa 11/7/20

Most of the new infections were diagnosed in the capital, Tallin, and surrounding areas.