During the week, the cumulative 14-day incidence of Covid-19 per 100,000 population in the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) countries has increased by 68%, LETA was told by the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (SPKC). data collected by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
During the week, the 14-day cumulative rate per 100,000 population increased from 89.6 to 150.9 cases.
In the past two weeks, Latvia has dropped to 22nd place between the EU and EEA countries. Last week, Latvia was in 16th place according to the two-week cumulative indicator of Covid-19, but in the middle of June Latvia still had the highest incidence of Covid-19 in the EU.
ECDC estimates of the situation in the previous two weeks from 5 to 18 July show that the cumulative morbidity per 100,000 population in Latvia has decreased to 27.7 cases.
The highest incidence rates in the EU and EEA countries are currently in Cyprus at 1,483.6 cases per 100,000 population, followed by the Netherlands and Spain with more than 600 cases. The lowest incidence rate is in Poland with 3.1 cases per 100,000 population.
In Estonia, the infection rate per 100,000 population has risen to 50.79 cases in the last two weeks, and in Lithuania to 34.5 cases, according to ECDC data.
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