Lithuania has registered 705 new coronavirus infections and six deaths from Covid-19 over the past 24 hours, the country's statistics office said on Tuesday morning.
Three of the fatalities were in their 80s, and the rest were aged between 40 and 69 years. Two of the deceased, both in their 80s, had been fully vaccinated.
Lithuania's 14-day coronavirus infection rate has risen to 320.9 cases per 100,000 people, with the daily share of positive tests at 5.9 percent, according to the latest statistics.
Some 7,129 molecular (PCR) tests for Covid-19 and 8,022 antigen tests have been performed over the past 24 hours.
Overall, 303,692 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Lithuania since the start of the pandemic, including 7,806 active cases.
A total of 4,623 people have died from Covid-19 in Lithuania so far, including 45 fully-vaccinated persons. The overall number of deaths directly or indirectly related to the coronavirus has reached 9,334.
Close to 10,000 people received a shot of the Covid-19 vaccine on Monday – 3,853 were given the first jab, while 6,108 received the second shot.
In all, 60.1 percent of the Lithuanian population has received at least one dose of the vaccine.
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