Filenews 4 November 2021
Worsening epidemiological situation in relation to the spread of COVID-19 in eastern Europe and other areas is recorded in the weekly map of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
Cyprus remains in the red category for another week as the rate of occurrence of new cases remains high.
In particular, Poland is now almost entirely in the red zone, with some eastern regions located in the deep red. Most of the territory of Sweden and Norway has now passed into the red category.
In the deep red remain for another week the Baltic states, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia and part of northern Greece.
Also in the deep red category is now found much of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria and parts of Hungary, as well as parts of the Netherlands, Belgium and the whole of the Republic of Ireland.
Germany remains in the red category, as does Iceland. In the orange category remain France, Portugal and much of Italy.
Italy is now the only region in the EU that is in part in the green category and includes part of northern Italy and Sardinia.
There is no data on Spain on the ECDC epidemiological map for this week.
An 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 100,000 inhabitants, and the rate of positive tests exceeds 4%, or where the total number of new cases is between 50 and 75 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and the rate of positive tests exceeds 1%, or where the total number of new cases is between 75 and of 200 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and the rate of positive tests is less than 4%.
The red zone is defined as the countries or regions where the total number of new cases in the previous 14 days is between 75 and 200 per 100,000 inhabitants, and the percentage of positive tests exceeds 4%, and if the number of new cases is below 500 cases per 100,000 inhabitants (in which case the country passes to the "deep red" category).
The map and related data are made public by the ECDC every Thursday, supporting the efforts made on the basis of a relevant recommendation by the Council of the EU to coordinate restrictions on free movement due to the pandemic. The maps are based on the latest data found in the database sent by member states to the European Surveillance System (TESSy) by midnight on Tuesday.
