Last day, 603 people were confirmed infected with the new coronavir in Lithuania, as well as five new deaths with the virus-induced disease Covid-19 were registered, the Ministry of Health said on Sunday.
Around noon, the ministry reported 415 infections in the previous day, but in the evening the National Public Health Center said specialists had not been able to collect all the positive test results due to the heavy workload, and the total number of infections confirmed in the previous day was 603.
This is the highest number of new infections detected in a single day in Lithuania since the beginning of the Covid-19 epidemic.
Thus, a total of 10,184 people were diagnosed with the new coronavirus infection in the country, and 4073 people were confirmed to recover.
5266 analyzes were performed last day, thus 11.5% of tests were positive. A total of 951,701 analyzes were performed in Lithuania.
The disease caused by the virus has claimed the lives of a total of 134 people in Lithuania, but the cause of death of another 46 infected with the virus was different.
Of the five deaths with Covid-19 in the last day, one was in the 60-69 age group, two in the 70-79 age group, one in the 80-89 age group and one in the 90-89 age group. up to 99 years.
According to the Lithuanian National Center for Public Health, the 14-day cumulative number of infections per 100,000 population on October 25 in Lithuania is 138.5. According to the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control, this figure is 129.38.
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