Improvement in the epidemiological picture in relation to the spread of COVID-19 in Romania and Poland is shown in the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) map published on Thursday.
However, the situation remains severe in the vast majority of regions of the European Union and European Economic Area countries, including Cyprus which remains in the 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 100,000 population. It also does not record how many cases are due to the Omicron variant.
The most significant improvement is recorded in Romania, where the southern region of the country becomes the second to move from the orange to the green zone, after the south-western region. The capital Bucharest remains in the red zone.
In Poland, most regions have moved from deep red to red. A slight improvement is also recorded in western Germany and Hungary.
Most of Austria, most of Norway and Bulgaria are still in the red category.
However, the situation has worsened in Thrace in Greece, Finland and southern Italy, with all three countries (with the exception of Sardinia) being entirely in the deep red category. Latvia has also moved from red to deep red again.
Also in deep red for another week are Estonia, Lithuania, Denmark, Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal, Slovenia, Croatia, Malta and Liechtenstein.
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
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.
Source: KYPE
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