ZAGREB, 28 Oct 2021 - The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control's (ECDC) latest COVID map shows that Croatia is entirely dark red as are large parts of Eastern Europe.
Dark red signifies a very high risk of COVID-19 incidence.
Last week the capital Zagreb and Pannonian Croatia were dark red on the ECDC map, while Adriatic Croatia and North Croatia were red.
The ECDC estimates COVID-19 risk according to the bigger statistical regions within a country (NUTS 2).
NUTS 2 regions must have a minimum of 800,000 inhabitants and a maximum of three million. There are only four NUTS2 regions in Croatia - Pannonian Croatia, Adriatic Croatia, Northern Croatia, and the City of Zagreb.
ECDC Map for October 28th, 2021
Unlike during the summer months, when the epidemiological situation was worst in the west of the EU, now regions in the east of the EU are mostly marked red or dark red.
All regions of Bulgaria, Romania, and Slovenia are dark red, as are the largest parts of Slovakia and smaller parts of Greece. Hungary and Germany are entirely red, while neighboring Austria is partly red and partly dark red.
The epidemiological situation is better in the Czech Republic, where two regions are orange and the rest are red. The situation is similar in Poland, while all Baltic countries are entirely dark red.
Of the Scandinavian countries, Sweden has the best situation, being entirely orange, while Finland is completely red.
The Benelux countries as well as Ireland are red or dark red, while France is completely orange.
Italy and Spain have the best epidemiological situation, being green and orange, while Portugal is orange.
The ECDC updates its epidemiological map every Thursday.
Red means the number of active cases in the past two weeks has been between 75 and 200 per 100,000 population and that 4% or more of the COVID tests have been positive.
Dark red are those countries where the total number of cases in 14 days has been over 500.
For all you need to know about coronavirus specific to Croatia, make sure to bookmark our dedicated COVID-19 section and select your preferred language.
For more on travel in Croatia, follow TCN's dedicated page.
