On Wednesday, Lithuania’s Health Ministry confirmed 1,433 new cases of Covid-19. Fourteen people have also died from the virus over the past 24 hours.
The death toll was the highest in the country since the start of the pandemic.
Some 314 cases were recorded in Vilnius County, 289 in Kaunas County, 215 in Šiauliai County, 167 in Klaipėda County, 81 in Telšiai County, 69 in Panevėžys County, 61 in Alytus County, 55 in Tauragė County, 51 in Marijampolė County, and 32 in Utena County.
The biggest clusters of new infections surround the administrations of local municipalities in Biržai District, Šilalė District, and Pakruojis District.
Outbreaks have also been recorded in 16 hospitals – in Švenčionys, Šalčininkai, Šilalė, Seda, Prienai, Jurbarkas, Mažeikiai, Vilkpėdė, Jurbarkas, Kelmė, Plungė, Šilalė, a clinic in Veiveriai, Republican Vilnius University Hospital, and Kaunas Clinic.
Clusters have also been recorded in care homes across the county.
Meanwhile, the backlog of untraced cases has increased to 1,100, meaning that health officials are yet to analyse where the people got infected with the virus.
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Some 28,262 people have been infected with the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, 21,339 people are still ill with the virus, and 6,608 have recovered.
A total of 235 people have died of Covid-19 in Lithuania and another 80 coronavirus-infected people have died of other causes.
Some 78,306 people remain in isolation and 846 are hospitalised, including 75 who are in intensive care.
The country has since June 1 registered 432 cases of coronavirus infection contracted abroad.
A total of 1,132,514 tests for Covid-19 have been carried out in Lithuania so far, including 13,092 over the past 24 hours.
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CORRECTION: Due to an editing error, the earlier version of this article incorrectly stated the number of active coronavirus cases. The number has been revised to 21,339.
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