RIGA, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Latvia recorded the highest rate of COVID-19 infections over the last 24 hours, the country's Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) said on Monday.
The CDC reported 1,560 new coronavirus infections, including 668 unvaccinated people and 892 vaccinated.
Of the 7,171 people tested for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, 21.8 percent turned out to be infected, which is the highest percentage ever recorded in Latvia.
The high rate of infections caused disruptions at many schools in the central Latvian district of Ogre, where 87 student groups and nine preschool groups had to be quarantined, the local authority said.
Ogre, a municipality with a population of around 68,000 people, has registered 873 new COVID-19 infections in the past two weeks. ■