The new figure was released by the Disease Prevention and Control Center (SPKC) which said 1,461 tests had been conducted during the previous 24-hour period.
In total 24,036 tests have been carried out since February 29.
39 patients are in hospital, most of whom have moderate symptoms of the disease but 3 of whom are designated as being in a serious condition. So far two deaths have been recorded in Latvia.
Iepriekšējā diennaktī veikti 1461 izmeklējumi personām ar aizdomām par saslimšanu ar Covid-19, infekcija apstiprināta 29 cilvēkiem. Latvijā kopā veikti 24036 izmeklējumi, infekcija apstiprināta 577 personām.
— SPKC.gov.lv (@SPKCentrs) April 8, 2020
You can read [in English] the current emergency regulations introduced by the government to tackle the spread of coronavirus at the government website. As reported by LSM earlier, the regulations were further extended following a government meeting March 29, enforcing a two-person, two-meter rule for physical social interactions. The relevant section of the regulations can be read in English in our earlier story.
On April 7 the current state of emergency and current regulations were extended until May 12.
There is a dedicated official COVID-19 website available with a variety of relevant information and contacts available in Latvian and Russian.
The Health Ministry also has this Latvian-language PDF file containing a long list of useful telephone numbers and other contact details. The number for medical emergencies is 113, the number for enquiring about a COVID-19 test if you have developed some potential symptoms after returnign from oversease or being in contact with someone confirmed as having coronavirus is 8303 and the SPKC COVID-19 advice helpline is 67387661.
The SPKC has information in English about the approved methods of protecting yourself from the disease, symptoms and medical procedures and an interactive map plotting the incidence and distribution of the disease in Latvia.
Informācija par COVID-19 saslimšanas gadījumiem Latvijā
— SPKC.gov.lv (@SPKCentrs) April 8, 2020
Interaktīvu karti var aplūkot šeit https://t.co/5vGSDjkgLs pic.twitter.com/XOPYNp3K2V
State Police said April 8 that durin the previous 24-hour period they had carried out 1,348 checks on compliance with emergency regulations, filing 23 reports as a result.
?Diennaktī policija veikusi 1348 pārbaudes par ārkārtējās situācijas ierobežojumu neievērošanu, uzsākusi 23 lietvedības. Tu esi atbildīgs ne tikai par savu, bet arī par līdzcilvēku veselību un drošību. Tas ir visu mūsu drošības un veselības jautājums #paliecmājās #IevēroDistanci
— Valsts policija (@Valsts_policija) April 8, 2020