Over the past two weeks, the incidence of Covid-19 has continued to fall in most European countries, so although Latvia is also improving, Latvia is still the third largest European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) country with the highest infection rates. Covid-19, according to data collected by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
Latvia came in third place last week, rising from 5th place. ECDC estimates of the situation in the previous two weeks from 17 to 30 May show that the cumulative morbidity per 100,000 population in Latvia has decreased to 268.4 cases. Until the beginning of this week, only Lithuania and the Netherlands had a 14-day infection rate higher than in Latvia. Belgium, on the other hand, is only slightly behind Latvia.
The highest incidence rate is currently in Lithuania at 311.8 cases per 100,000 population, and the lowest in Malta at 9.9 cases per 100,000 population.
In Estonia, the infection rate per 100,000 population has dropped to 175.9 cases in the last two weeks, the 9th highest rate among the EU and EEA countries, according to ECDC data.
In Latvia, the 14-day mortality rate with diagnosed Covid-19 has also decreased, and at the end of the previous week it was 54.5 cases per one million inhabitants. In this indicator, Latvia has maintained the 6th place among the EU and EEA countries with the highest mortality.
The highest mortality with a diagnosis of Covid-19 per million population in the past two weeks has been in Croatia. The corresponding figure is 58.7 in Lithuania and 22.6 in Estonia.
Latvia is also still in the red zone of the travel warning card created by ECDC. It is located in regions of Europe with a 14-day cumulative morbidity of between 150 and 500 cases per 100,000 population.
Estonia and Lithuania are also located in this area.-
In particular, for the first time since its introduction, no region in Europe is in the dark red area of the alert card, indicating a 14-day cumulative morbidity of more than 500 cases per 100 000 population. Among other things, the Vilnius region in Lithuania has escaped from this area.
Most European regions are currently in the orange zone, with a 14-day cumulative incidence of between 25 and 150 cases per 100,000 population.
Iceland, most of Finland, as well as some other regions in Europe, are in the green zone, with a 14-day cumulative morbidity of less than 25 cases per 100 000 inhabitants.
The travel alert card does not contain data for the Swedish and Irish regions.
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