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The main Christmas tree in the city was lit a day ago, like a candy, which attracts the residents and guests of the capital. Although the organizers of the event asked that the lighting be seen on television and that the concentration in the center of the city be avoided, so far part of the citizen request has not been addressed.
Crowds of people continue to flow near the Christmas tree in the capital
“Currently, we find ourselves in a situation where each of our additional social contacts is an additional risk and an additional opportunity for the case statistics to grow,” Justina Petravičien porta, spokesperson for the National Center for Public Health, told LRT Television. on Sunday.
At night, traffic jams broke out on the capital’s main streets, leading to the glittering Christmas tree in the Cathedral Square. A traffic accident was also inevitable: cars colliding on T. Vrublevskio Street stopped traffic to Rinktinės Street. Congestion also formed on the river bank – Žvejų and Žygimantų st.
Townspeople walking down Gediminas Avenue could barely keep the recommended distance of two meters, and larger gatherings in Cathedral Square were unavoidable.
Last day, 1976 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Lithuania, 11 people died from coronavirus, the Statistics Department reported on Sunday. 1,798 COVID-19 patients are treated in hospitals, 140 of them in resuscitation.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, 60 thousand people have been infected with COVID-19 in the country, 14 thousand 120 patients have recovered, 45 thousand are still sick. 355 people.
A total of 491 people died from coronavirus in Lithuania.
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