News2021.05.31 10:00

Coronavirus: Lithuania reports 181 new coronavirus cases, eight deaths

BNS 2021.05.31 10:00

Lithuania has registered 181 new coronavirus infections and eight deaths from Covid-19 over the past 24 hours, the country's statistics office said on Monday morning.

On Sunday, 2,205 molecular (PCR) tests and 3,236 antigen tests were carried out in the country.

Lithuania's 14-day coronavirus infection rate currently stands at 295.1 cases per 100,000 people, and the share of positive tests has been 2.6 percent over the past seven days.

Overall, 274,383 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Lithuania since the start of the pandemic.

A total of 4,266 people have died from Covid-19 in Lithuania so far. The overall number of deaths directly or indirectly related to the coronavirus has reached 8,601.

So far, 1,011,343 people in the country have been vaccinated at least with one vaccine jab, or 36.2 percent of the population.

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