Cyprus for another week in the red category

Its faster spread COVID-19 now in Central Europe, after the increase of cases in Eastern Europe, the epidemiological map of the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) published on Thursday.

Cyprus for another week remains in the red category of countries.

However, the areas in the "deep red" category that were recorded in only a few countries, now include a significant part of Germany, as well as much of Greece, Hungary and the Netherlands.

In particular, in the "deep red" category, the category of largest spread, are to a large extent or entirely the Republic of Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, the Baltic States, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece.

In the red are Germany (with the southeast of the country being in deep red), Poland (the east of the country being in deep red), Finland, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and Cyprus.

In the orange category, ie in better condition, remain France, Spain, Portugal and Italy, with areas of greater infection in Italy, Spain and France, but also safe areas (green category) in Italy and Spain.

The only country that is in the green category for another week is Malta.

The orange zone is defined as the countries or regions where the total number of new cases in the previous 14 days is between less than 50 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants, and the percentage of positive tests exceeds 4%, or where the total number of new cases is between 50 and 75 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants and the percentage of positive tests exceeds 1% or where the total number of new cases is between 75 and 200 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants and the percentage 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 thousand inhabitants, and the percentage of positive tests exceeds 4%, and if the number of new cases is below 500 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants (at which point the country goes into the "deep red" category).

The map and related data are published by the ECDC every Thursday, supporting the efforts made on the basis of a relevant EU Council proposal to coordinate pandemic restrictions due to the pandemic. The maps are based on the latest data in the database sent by Member States to the European Monitoring System (TESSy) until midnight on Tuesday.