Lithuania has registered 82 new coronavirus infections and no deaths from Covid-19 over the past 24 hours, the country's statistics office said on Friday morning.
Lithuania's 14-day coronavirus infection rate has risen to 26.2 cases per 100,000 people, and the daily share of positive tests stands at 0.9 percent.
There were 5,338 molecular (PCR) tests for Covid-19 and 2,657 antigen tests performed in the country on Thursday.
Overall, 279,572 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Lithuania since the start of the pandemic, while 716 remain active cases.
A total of 4,404 people have died from Covid-19 in the country so far. The overall number of deaths directly or indirectly related to the coronavirus has reached 8,985.
On Thursday, 10,587 people were vaccinated with the first vaccine shot, while 6,539 got their second jab.
In all, over 1.29 million people in Lithuania, or 46.4 percent of the population, have been vaccinated at least once, while over 1.09 million have had two vaccine shots.
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