Lithuania ranks 6th in EU by COVID-19 cases

Lithuania currently ranks 6th in terms of the 14-day COVID-19 case notification rate among EU member states and is in 13th place in terms of the 14-day death notification rate, according to the weekly coronavirus situation update published by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) on Thursday.

Lithuania's 14-day case notification rate now exceeds 540 cases per 100,000 people.

Cyprus comes first in the EU with a 14-day case notification rate of 1,221, followed by Sweden with almost 747 and Croatia with 742 cases.

In terms of the 14-day death notification rate, Lithuania ranks 13th with around 57 COVID-19 deaths per million inhabitants.

Hungary tops the list with around 317 deaths, followed by Bulgaria with 214 and Poland with around 183 deaths.

Non-EU Iceland continued to fare the best among the EU/EEA countries monitored by the ECDC with around 23 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants and no coronavirus-related deaths in the past 14 days.

In the EU, Finland and Portugal have the lowest 14-day COVID-19 case notification rate, at around 66 and 67 per 100,000 people respectively, and Portugal reported almost five deaths and Finald recorded six.