Some 17,898 molecular (PCR) tests for COVID-19 and 4,273 antigen tests have been performed in the last 24 hours.

Lithuania's 14-day coronavirus infection rate currently stands at 534.8 cases per 100,000 people, and the share of positive tests over the past seven days at 5.2 percent.

Overall, 267,769 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Lithuania since the start of the pandemic.

Some 243,126 people are considered as having statistically recovered from COVID-19 and are currently alive, and 15,227 as statistically ill, compared to the declared numbers of 195,494 and 62,859, respectively.

A declared patient is a person who has been diagnosed with the disease but their recovery has not been confirmed by their general practitioner. A statistical patient is a person who has been diagnosed with the disease in the last 28 days.

The statistical incidence rate may more accurately reflect the real situation, according to the statistics office.

A total of 4,136 people have died from COVID-19 in Lithuania so far. The overall number of deaths directly or indirectly related to the coronavirus has reached 8,361.

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