Latvia has slipped by two places between the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) countries with the highest infection rates with Covid-19 and currently ranks eighth, according to data compiled by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
ECDC estimates of the situation in the previous two weeks, or from 22 February to 7 March, show that the cumulative morbidity per 100,000 population in Latvia is 461.9 cases. Until the beginning of this week, the 14-day infection rate was higher than in Latvia in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Malta, Hungary, Slovakia, Sweden and Slovenia.
In Estonia, the infection rate per 100,000 population in the last two weeks has reached 1,397.1 cases, the second highest rate among the EU and EEA countries after the Czech Republic. In Lithuania, after an impressive decline, the incidence rate has started to rise slightly again, reaching 306.6 cases in the last two weeks, according to ECDC data.
In Latvia, the 14-day mortality rate with diagnosed Covid-19 per one million inhabitants has also slightly decreased. Latvia ranks eighth among the EU and EEA countries, as it has been 80.2 cases in the previous two weeks. Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Bulgaria, Estonia, Poland and Spain have had higher mortality rates per million population diagnosed with Covid-19 in the past two weeks. In Lithuania, the corresponding figure is 58.3, but in Estonia it has increased significantly in the last two weeks, reaching 99.3 cases.
Also, for the second week in a row, Latvia has been in the red zone of travel warning cards created by ECDC, which also includes the vast majority of other European countries. This area is home to regions in Europe with a 14-day cumulative morbidity of between 150 and 500 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
Latvia was excluded by ECDC from the dark red zone of the travel alert card, which represents the European countries with the highest level of infection with Covid-19, last week.
Estonia is still in the dark red zone of the warning map, which shows that the 14-day cumulative morbidity per 100,000 population exceeds 500 cases. Lithuania, like Latvia, is in the red zone.
In addition to Estonia, the dark red zone includes the Czech Republic, Hungary, Malta, almost all of Slovakia, as well as some regions in Sweden, Poland, France, Italy, Slovenia and the Netherlands.
The Orange Zone, with a 14-day cumulative morbidity of between 100 and 150 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, includes Denmark, Portugal, Finland, with the exception of the Helsinki area, as well as much of Ireland, Norway and some other regions in Europe.
In contrast, the green zone, with a cumulative morbidity of less than 25 cases per 100 000 inhabitants for 14 days, is limited to Iceland and two regions in Norway.
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