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Restrictions should be based on the infection rate of the whole population and deaths from the last seven days, the government's scientific advisory council has said. Speaking to ERR on Tuesday, Professor Irja Lutsar, head of the council, said the decision-makers are staring at a so-called traffic light of different indicators when creating rules and currently Estonia's deaths and infection rate are flashing red. Lutsar did not say how low the rates must drop before the government should make its next decision on restrictions. Looking at the infection over the last few days, the numbers have ...

There were 564 new cases in Harju County and 426 of those were reported in Tallinn. 111 cases were recorded in Ida-Viru County, 38 in Tartu County, 33 in Lääne-Viru County, 28 in Rapla County, 23 in Pärnu County and 21 in Viljandi County. There were 16 in Jõgeva County, 14 in Järav County, 10 in Lääne County, three in Saare County, two each in Põlva and Hiiu counties and 1 in Valga County. There were no cases in Võru County. Thirty-four cases had no information in the population register. In total, 5,413 tests were analyzed giving a positive share of 16.6 percent. The 14-day infectio...

A total of 462 new coroanvirus cases have been detected in Estonia in the past 24 hours, the Health Board (Terviseamet) says, while 10 people who had contracted COVID-19 have died over the same period. Estonia's new 14-day coronavirus rate per 100,000 inhabitants stands at 1,053, while the proportion of positive results from the total tests conducted during that time is 18.2 percent. Thirteen of Estonia's 15 counties posted at least one new COVID-19 case over the past 24 hours, with only the two largest islands, Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, seeing no new instances of the virus. Harju County, the mos...

The government has approved €46-million in local support, which puts a particular emphasis on Ida-Viru County. The cabinet approved the move at its regular Thursday sitting and endorsed the terms and conditions of the aid, which comes as part of the supplementary budget passed last month in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the second of its kind since the virus arrived over a year ago. Minister of Public Administration Jaak Aab (Center) said that €16 million will be disbursed under the support fund based on the number of residents in each locality, though in Ida-Viru co...

0"> A mask on the street in Tallinn's Old Town on March 27, 2021. Source: Helen Wright/ ERR 901 new cases of COVID-19 have been found in Estonia in the past 24 hours, the Health Board (Terviseamet) says. Fifteen people who had contracted coronavirus have died over the same period, bringing the total number of people who have died while infected with the virus to 922, since the pandemic began. Estonia's new 14-day coronavirus rate per 100,000 inhabitants is 1.177. Geographical location of new cases All 15 of Estonia's counties experienced at least one new coronavirus case....