ECDC: Epidemiological scenario in France and Spain has improved, Cyprus stays in orange class

A number of extra areas in Spain and France have handed into the “inexperienced”, or secure zone, on the European Centre for Illness Prevention and Management map on the speed of unfold of the coronavirus that was posted on the company’s web site on Thursday.

Cyprus stays within the orange zone after having dropped from the “crimson”, or harmful, zone final week. The epidemiological scenario in Italy additionally has improved barely in comparison with final week.

Some areas in Poland and Czechia have gone again from the inexperienced to the orange zone, whereas the epidemiological scenario in Finland and northern Norway has worsened, placing these areas within the crimson zone.

Central Spain, Eire, a good portion of Greece (excluding the North Aegean which is within the inexperienced zone and western Greece), Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Wallonia in Belgium and a major a part of Austria and Hungary, in addition to some areas in jap Poland stay within the crimson zone.

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in addition to Slovenia stay within the “deep crimson”, or elevated danger, class. Additionally within the deep crimson class this week are the whole thing of Romania, the south and west of Bulgaria and Thessaly in Greece.

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 exams 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%.

Pink 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 exams 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 crimson” zone).

ECDC publishes related maps and knowledge each Thursday, in help of the Council advice on a coordinated method to the restriction of free motion in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The maps are primarily based on knowledge reported by the Member States to the European Surveillance System (TESSy) by midnight on Tuesday.