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Coronavirus in Europe – where is the greatest infection? The latest ECDC map shows that the COVID-19 wave of infections is moving from the west to the east of the continent. It also concerns Poland more and more. The situation in our country is clearly deteriorating, two of our voivodeships have already been marked in red on the map.
- In Poland, the epidemiological situation is getting worse. Until recently, all voivodeships were marked in green on the ECDC map, now two are red and one is yellow
- It also looks bad in Poland’s neighboring countries, especially in Lithuania
- On the other hand, fewer and fewer infections are registered in France, Spain and Italy
- More information can be found on the TvoiLokony home page
The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) publishes a map of COVID-19 infections in European Union countries every Thursday. It is a reliable source of information about the pandemic situation in Europe.
The ECDC map is based on data that EU countries report to the European Surveillance System (TESSy). The situation in individual countries, compared to others, is a guide for governments when deciding to introduce restrictions or quarantine rules for people crossing the border.
The latest map, released on October 7, shows that the fourth wave of coronavirus is clearly subsiding in the western part of the continent. However, it is worse in the central and eastern part of Europe. This also applies to Poland.
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For a long time, Poland, like its neighbors, was a “green island” on the ECDC map. On September 16, the entire area of our country was marked with this color. It was known, however, that this state of affairs would not last long.
The fourth wave of coronavirus is flooding our country more and more. The greatest number of infections is at the eastern border. And this is also visible on the ECDC map. Lubelskie and Podlaskie voivodships are marked in red (a week ago it was only Lubelskie), in addition to the yellow zone, the voivodship West Pomeranian.
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The epidemiological situation is also deteriorating in our neighbors. Only the Czech Republic is green and yellow. Germany and Slovakia are marked in red on the latest map, while Lithuania is marked in dark red.
COVID-19 in Europe. Which countries are the worst? Map of ECDC
According to the map from October 7, most infections are recorded in the Baltic countries – Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are currently marked in dark red. The highest rate of new cases also occurs in Slovenia and half of Romania.
It is also bad – the color red – in all of Slovakia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Ireland, almost all of Germany and Austria, a large part of Greece (both mainland and insular) and Belgium, northern Norway, a small part of Spain and Hungary.
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The inhabitants of France can already breathe. No region is marked in red anymore, there are only green and yellow parts. Similarly in Italy. Only the region of Basilicata in the south of the country is red, the rest are yellow and green, including Sicily and Sardinia.
Portugal, the Netherlands, Iceland and Finland are all yellow, Sweden has one extra green part.
Latest ECDC Map:
This was the situation the week before:
The ECDC map is prepared on the basis of data on COVID-19 infections from the last 14 days.
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- Countries marked in green have fewer than 50 infections per 100 cases in the past two weeks. residents with a simultaneous percentage of positive COVID-19 tests of less than 4 (or less than 75 infections per 100 thousand, but with less than 1% of positive COVID-19 tests).
- Yellow (orange) color is given to those regions where the number of infections has exceeded 50 but is still less than 75 per 100. residents with a simultaneous percentage of positive tests amounting to 1%. and more or infections range between 75 and 200, and the percentage of positive results is less than 4%.
- Countries in which the number of new infections ranges from 200 to 500 per 100 are marked in red. inhabitants or where it is less than 200 and greater than 75, but at the same time the percentage of positive tests is over 4 percent.
- Dark red color is marked where there are more than 500 cases per 100 thousand. residents
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