Cyprus[/B] remains in the deep red category for another week, while all regions of Western European countries are now in the same category, according to epidemiological data on the spread of COVID-19, according to the map of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) published on Thursday.
Compared to last week, however, the situation appears marginally improved in some Eastern and Central European countries, although the increased spread of COVID-19 keeps the majority of countries in the red and deep red category.
Note that this map does not record deaths or serious hospitalisations, nor vaccination levels, but only the number of new cases in the last 14 days per 100 thousand population. It also does not record how many cases are due to the Omicron variant.
Spain is now also in the deep red category in its entirety. The situation has also worsened in Italy where some areas were in the orange category last week. This week southern Italy and Sardinia are in the red category and northern Italy in the deep red category. Malta has also moved from the red to the deep red category.
At the same time, Latvia, much of western and southern Germany, as well as regions of eastern Hungary, almost all of Austria, some more regions of eastern Poland and Thrace in eastern Greece have moved from the deep red to the red category.
Cyprus remains for another week in the deep red category.[/B] Portugal, France, Ireland, Iceland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Czech Republic, France, Slovakia, Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Croatia also remain in the deep red category.
Bulgaria remains in the red category as well as most areas in Norway, Sweden and Finland.
For another week the epidemiological situation in Romania is the best in the European Union and the European Economic Area, with most areas in the orange category, with southwestern Romania in the green, or safe, category. However, the capital Bucharest is in the red category.
The orange zone is defined as countries or regions where the total number of new cases in the previous 14 days is between less than 50 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants, and the positive test rate is more than 4%, or where the total number of new cases is between 50 and 75 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants and the positive test rate is more than 1%, or where the total number of new cases is between 75 and 200 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants and the positive test rate is less than 1%, or where the total number of new cases is between 75 and 200 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants and the positive test rate is less than
A red zone is defined as countries or regions where the total number of new cases in the previous 14 days is between 75 and 200 per 100 thousand inhabitants, and the positive test rate is more than 4%, and where the number of new cases is below 500 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants (in which case the country moves into the "deep red" category).
The map and related data are published by the ECDC every Thursday, supporting efforts based on a recommendation from the EU Council to coordinate restrictions on free movement due to the pandemic. The maps are based on the latest data in the database sent by Member States to the European Surveillance System (TESSy) by midnight on Tuesday.
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