For another week, however, the majority of countries and regions of the European Union and the European Economic Area (EEA), including Cyprus, remain in "deep red", the highest on the scale of recorded transmissibility of the virus causing COVID-19.
This week Sweden and much of Norway appear grey, with fewer than 600 tests per 100,000 people carried out in these areas over the past 14 days.
The province of Lower Carpathians in southeastern Poland is for another week one of the few areas in the "orange" category, while the situation in most of Poland has improved, moving from the deep red to the red category.
The situation continues to improve in Romania, with some areas in the east of the country having passed the orange category, while the rest of the country is now in the red category. The epidemiological situation remains severe in Bucharest, which is in deep red.
Most areas in Bulgaria are now in the red category, with the exception of north-eastern parts of the country. The situation remains stagnant in Hungary, which remains in the red category, and in Croatia, whose eastern regions are in the red category, while the western regions of Zagreb are still in the deep red.
The situation also appears somewhat improved in Spain, but Portugal and Belgium, which had shown positive signs last week, are again entirely in the deep red category. Aosta in the north-western tip of Italy is again in deep red.
The French overseas department of French Guiana in South America remains in the red category, while the French overseas department of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean remains for another week in the "green", now safe category.
The map aims to inform local authorities and citizens of the epidemiological situation at local level to facilitate decisions to impose restrictive measures and citizens' travel decisions.
The data presented in the map refers to the number of new cases of COVID-19 per 100 thousand people in the last 14 days in each region of the EU/EEA countries, weighted by the vaccination rate in each region.
Note that this map does not record deaths or serious hospitalisations. It also does not record how many of the total cases are due to the Omicron variant.
The "green" category includes regions where the weighted case rate is below 40. When the index is below 100 but equal to or greater than 40, the affected areas fall into the "orange" category. When the index is below 300 but equal to or greater than 100, the areas fall into the 'red' category. When the index is equal to or above 300, they fall into the "deep red" category.
The map and related data are published by the ECDC every Thursday, supporting efforts made on the basis of an EU Council Recommendation on the coordination of restrictions on free movement due to the pandemic, which was revised on 25 January and implemented on 1 February.
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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