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The Šilutė district and Rietavas immediately reached the C2 red zone, which is entered after exceeding 150 new cases, 100,000 cases have been registered in the last two weeks. population, or if the proportion of positive diagnostic tests exceeds 4% per week.
Klaipeda still remains in the C1 red zone, where the morbidity rate exceeds 100, but has not yet reached 150, and the proportion of positive diagnostic tests does not reach 4 percent.
Meanwhile, in the district of Šilutė (75.5) and Rietavas (55.8) the incidence rate is not yet 150, but in the C2 red zone of this municipality, as a portal lrytas.lt explained the representatives of the Department of Statistics, because they exceeded the limit of positive diagnostic tests per week.
In the Šilutė district it is 4.1 percent, and in Rietavas, just over 4 percent.
By the way, the three municipalities in the red zone could not boast of vaccination rates. Only 38.6 percent got vaccinated in Klaipeda. population, in the Šilut distrito district – 41.0%, in Rietavas – 43.3%.
According to the morbidity rate, several other cities are approaching the C1 red zone: Šiauliai city municipality (94.2), Kretinga district municipality (93.8).
A recent record number of new coronavirus cases in Lithuania was also reported on Wednesday. The Statistics Department reported that 176 new cases of COVID-19 were detected in Lithuania last day, no new deaths from this disease were recorded.
This is the highest number of new cases since June 11. Meanwhile, no new deaths are detected on the sixth day in a row.
Number of new cases in 14 days 100 thousand. population increased to 39.3, the proportion of positive diagnostic tests increased to 1.4 percent per day.