Table 5.
The utilization of hospital sector during the first COVID-19 outbreak in Lithuania
| Indicator | Weeks of 2020 | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | ||
| Average number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 | 115.8 | 133.8 | 135.9 | 140.3 | 116.6 | 96.0 | 95.9 | 84.7 | 66.4 | 52.4 | 33.6 | 96.5 |
| Percentage of COVID-19 patients with oxygen mask | 27.5 | 36.8 | 33.0 | 33.6 | 25.3 | 24.0 | 30.4 | 32.4 | 23.9 | 14.1 | 10.0 | 26.5 |
| Percentage of COVID-19 patients with mechanical ventilation | 2.7 | 5.9 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 4.9 |
| Percentage of COVID-19 patients in intensive care units | 6.1 | 9.7 | 11.3 | 12.7 | 13.4 | 13.6 | 11.2 | 8.7 | 7.3 | 5.7 | 9.0 | 10.1 |
| Average number of COVID-19 infected physicians | 55.8 | 53.3 | 37.6 | 28.1 | 21.4 | 13.1 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 14.1 | 11.0 | 9.0 | 22.8 |
| Average number of COVID-19 infected nurses | 50.8 | 68.3 | 68.6 | 59.7 | 50.7 | 38.6 | 39.0 | 33.7 | 31.3 | 30.1 | 29.9 | 45.1 |
Source: National Health Insurance Fund, Lithuania