All areas in Western Europe are actually within the deep purple class, in keeping with the most recent epidemiological map on the unfold of COVID-19 by the European Centre for Illness Prevention and Management (ECDC).
The epidemiological state of affairs has barely improved in some international locations in Jap and Central Europe in comparison with final week. Nevertheless, because of the speedy unfold of COVID-19, most international locations stay within the purple and deep purple class.
The ECDC map doesn’t document the variety of deaths or hospitalisation, or the degrees of vaccination, however solely the variety of new circumstances per 100 thousand individuals over the previous 14 days. The map additionally doesn’t account for the variety of circumstances brought on by the Omicron variant.
Everything of Spain is now within the deep purple class. The epidemiological state of affairs has additionally worsened in Italy, the place sure areas had been within the orange class final week. This week, southern Italy and Sardinia are within the purple class and northern Italy is within the deep purple class. Malta has additionally switched from the purple to the deep purple class.
A number of areas have nonetheless switched from the deep purple to the purple class: the whole lot of Latvia, giant elements of western and southern Germany in addition to some areas in japanese Hungary, virtually the whole lot of Austria, part of japanese Poland in addition to Thrace in japanese Greece.
Cyprus stays within the deep purple class for one more week, along with Portugal, France, Eire, Iceland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Lichtenstein, Czechia, Slovakia, Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania, Slovenia and Croatia.
Bulgaria in addition to most areas in Norway, Sweden and Finland stay within the purple class.
The epidemiological state of affairs in Romania stays the very best within the European Union and the European Financial Space for one more week, since most of its areas are within the orange class. Southwester Romania is within the inexperienced or protected class. Nevertheless, the nation’s capital Bucharest stays within the purple class.
Orange zone areas are outlined because the areas the place the 14-day cumulative COVID-19 case notification charge is under 50 and the take a look at positivity charge of assessments for COVID-19 an infection is 4% or extra, or the 14-day cumulative COVID-19 case notification charge is between 50 and 75 and the take a look at positivity charge is 1% or extra, or the 14-day cumulative COVID-19 case notification charge is between 75 and 200 and the take a look at positivity charge is decrease than 4%.
Crimson zone areas are outlined because the areas the place the 14-day cumulative COVID-19 case notification charge ranges from 75 to 200 and the take a look at positivity charge of assessments for COVID-19 an infection is 4% or extra, or the 14-day cumulative COVID-19 case notification charge is greater than 200 however lower than 500 (when the cumulative charge exceeds 500 the world enters the “deep purple” zone).
ECDC publishes related maps and information each Thursday, in help of the Council advice on a coordinated strategy to the restriction of free motion in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The maps are based mostly on information reported by the Member States to the European Surveillance System (TESSy) by midnight on Tuesday.