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The director general of the Health Board (Terviseamet) said at a press conference on Tuesday that the current spread of coronavirus in Estonia is extensive and even epidemic in Harju County. Estonia currently has the second highest 14-day infection rate in Europe.
Last week 5,572 new cases of coronavirus were diagnosed across Estonia compared to 4,561 the previous week. This is a new record high number of cases and the first time more than 5,000 have been diagnosed in a single week.
Data from the Health Board suggests Estonia tested 4,589 people for the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the last 24 hours, with tests of 583 or 12.7 percent of people coming back positive.
952 new coronavirus cases have been found of a total 6,380 tests taken - a rate of 14.9 percent - in Estonia over the past 24 hours, the Health Board (Terviseamet) announced. Four deaths were also registered since Thursday morning.
The number of homeowners who either began renovating their private home or improving its level of energy efficiency using state support surged last year to a total of 374, with the total sum of support issued for renovations by the state-run Kredex foundation amounting to €3.35 million. Kredex will continue providing reconstruction grants for small residences this year as well, and applications are being accepted from March 1 with some €1.3 million to be made available for these projects this year. Support was sought most frequently last year for the installation of heat pumps and new win...