Lithuania’s health officials confirmed 1,001 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday and 895 on Sunday.
Saturday’s figure was a new record-high in the country.
Over the weekend, 576 new cases were registered in Vilnius County, 364 in Klaipėda County, 311 in Kaunas County, 202 in Šiauliai County, 182 in Telšiai County, 83 in Panevėžys County, 59 in Marijampolė County, 51 in Alytus County, 47 in Tauragė County, and 21 in Utena County.
The majority of cases are linked to education and medical establishments, private companies, and public administration.
There has also been a growing number of infections linked to sports clubs, including in Marijampolė Sūduva professional football club, and several breakouts connected to bars Mililitrai, Materialistė, and Sanatorija in Vilnius and Taboo club in Kaunas.
The total number of infections has risen to 15,719. As of Sunday, 10,613 people are still with the virus and 4,883 have recovered. Since the start of the pandemic, 166 people have died of Covid-19, while another 57 infected with the coronavirus have died of other causes.
In total, 33,291 people are in isolation.
Some 495 people ill with the virus are currently hospitalised, including 46 who are in intensive care. Meanwhile, 239 people require oxygen masks and 23 need lung ventilators.
