The 2024–2025 flu season officially ended in Lithuania last week. Seventy-five people died of flu this season, the highest death toll on record, the National Public Health Centre (NVSC) said on Monday.
Before that, the highest number of deaths, 27, was recorded during the 2023–2024 season.
Covid-19 was behind 59 deaths this season.
“The increase in the number of recorded flu cases, including deaths, can be attributed to changes in diagnostics, such as the use of rapid flu and Covid-19 tests by healthcare facilities since last October, which allow for more accurate diagnosis,” the NVSC said.
Specialists say the past season was long and intense as all types of flu viruses, SARS-CoV-2 and other acute upper respiratory tract infections, including respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), circulated at the same time.
Despite that, none of municipalities or the country as a whole had to declare a flu or Covid-19 epidemic this year.
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