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In Birštonas, which has a population of only a few thousand, 43.6% of the positive tests were found during the mentioned period. (of 39), Pagegiai mun. – 46.1 percent. of 89. In Alytus District, 40 percent of 437 surveys were positive.
The largest number of COVID-19 tests, up to 19,252, have been conducted in the last 7 days in Lithuania’s largest city – Vilnius. Positive cases were found in 21.9%, in Kaunas of the 10,175 tests, 20.6% were positive. In Klaipeda: 24.2 percent. of 4171 inquiries, in Šiauliai – 19.9 percent. of 3536 inquiries, in Panevėžys – 35.8 percent. of 2916 studies.
The latter city, recalling ELTA, has been leading the list of Lithuanian municipalities based on 100 thousand. the number of new cases of coronavirus disease in the population identified in the last 14 days. In this city, 2379.9 cases were registered in the mentioned period. 100,000 population.
In Alytus, according to data from the National Health Center published on Saturday, this indicator reaches 2,264.8 cases, in the Pakruojis district municipality – 2,149.7 cases. 100,000 population.
The Lithuanian average is currently 1,384 new COVID-19 cases registered in the last two weeks per 100,000 inhabitants. Among the country’s major cities, the incidence rate is lower in Kaunas than in Lithuania, where at the beginning of 2020 there were 289,380 people, including those aged 60 and over, about 80,000. In the list of municipalities, this city is ranked 23rd, 1348.8 – 100,000 new cases of the disease have been registered in Kaunas during the last 14 days. population. So far, 13,935 cases of COVID-19 infection have been confirmed in Kaunas, 6,688 are sick, and 7,051 people have recovered.
Kaunas district currently ranks 28th on the list of municipalities (1,273.6 cases), 2,314 people are ill in its territory, 2,126 have recovered, 4507 cases of the disease have been confirmed.
Vilnius, which had a population of 562,030 at the beginning of 2020 (123,362 of them aged 60 and over), now ranks 20 on the list of Lithuanian municipalities “classified” in the coronavirus (1,367.3 cases per 100,000 inhabitants ). The disease caused by the virus affects 13,190 people, of which 11,383 have been recognized and 24,786 confirmed cases of the disease have been diagnosed in the capital.
Vilnius district currently ranks fourteenth (1524.8 cases) in the list of 60 municipalities in the country compiled by morbidity. 4,627 cases of COVID-19 infection were confirmed in the district. 2,547 are sick, 2,039 people have recovered.
The city of Šiauliai is the thirteenth (1554.5 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants in the last 2 weeks), Klaipėda is ranked 22 (1358.7 cases). As of January 2020, there are 39,939 residents of the so-called risk group (60 years and over) living in the port city. At the beginning of the year, a total of 149,157 people had declared their place of residence in the Lithuanian metropolitan area by the sea.
During the last day, the situation in the municipalities of the country with the lowest incidence of COVID-19 has changed slightly so far. Neringa, who has long ranked 60th on the list, already registered as 59th on Saturday (538.2 cases). At the end of the list is Kalvarija (530.1 cases), and 58 is now the municipality of Rietavas (here 578.5 cases have been approved for every 100,000 inhabitants in the last 2 weeks).
By the way, of 60 municipalities, even in 49, the incidence rate still exceeds 1,000 cases per 100,000. population.
The number of deaths from COVID-19 infection, sad as it is, remains leading in the city of Kaunas in Lithuania. 149 people died here, and another 47 were diagnosed by doctors as the cause of death for another 47 people living with coronavirus in Kaunas.
There were 138 deaths from coronavirus and 75 from other causes in Vilnius. In Šiauliai – 71 – from COVID-19 and 19 – for other reasons. In Klaipėda – 63 and 54, respectively, in Panevėžys – 51 and 16.
In Lithuania, a week ago, on Friday, when the quarantine requirements were tightened due to the development of the coronavirus, 3,222 new cases of the disease were detected per day, this Friday 2350. The number of daily cases per week decreased by 27, 1%. However, it should be noted that fewer people visit mobile checkpoints during the holidays to get tested for a possible coronavirus infection. Especially if you are not experiencing any symptoms of COVID-19. According to specialists from the National Health Center, the true situation of the pandemic will be clarified next week.
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