Last week, a total of 651 patients approached general practitioners involved with acute symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection, 77 of whom had been diagnosed with “influenza” based on a typical clinical picture.
Cases have been recorded in Ventspils, Rīga, Rēzekne, Liepāja, Daugavpils, and Valmiera.
The highest incidence was recorded in the 5-14 age group last week.
The number of Covid-19 cases in the country is also continuing to decline. Last week, 20 cases were laboratory confirmed (a week earlier 19), with a total of 577 (previously 573) laboratory tests performed for the virus. 18 Covid-19 patients were in hospital (20 a week earlier, 17 two weeks earlier).
There are currently no patients in the hospital with severe Covid-19 disease progression, however, three deaths of Covid-19 patients were recorded last week (a week earlier - 1).
