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567 new cases of coronavirus and six deaths were reported in the last day, the Health Board said on Tuesday. The positive rate was 10 percent. Six people died in the last 24 hours: a 64-year-old woman, a 76-year-old woman, an 81-year-old woman, an 82-year-old woman, an 88-year-old woman and an 88-year-old man. So far, 187 people infected with the coronavirus have died in Estonia. Data from the population register shows 362 cases were in Harju County and 277 of those were in Tallinn.  There were 97 in Ida-Viru County, 28 in Tartu County, 19 in Rapla County, 13 in Lääne-Viru County, 11 in V...

0"> A sign asking customers to please wear a mask in Tallinn's Viru Keskus shopping center. Source: Ken Mürk/ERR Last week 3,699 cases of coronavirus were diagnosed in Estonia - almost 500 more than the previous week. There were 27 deaths, the highest in a single week so far. ERR News has rounded up the most important news and data about the coronavirus in Estonia from the last week and put it in one place. This round-up is released every Monday, because the results for Sunday of the previous week are released on Monday morning, only making it possible to analyze the pre...

2020 has seen the number of asylum applications in Estonia fall to the lowest level in several years, largely the result of the coronavirus pandemic, but also part of a trend for a decline since the peak year of 2015. Kristiina Raidla-Puhm, Head of the Police and Border Guard Board's (PPA) citizenship and international protection service, told ERR that 59 asylum applications had been received in 2020, a little over half the figure for recent years and placing Estonia as one of the lowest recipients of applications in the EU. Raidla-Puhm said: "This extraordinary year certainly has a strong in...

A total of 5,285 initial tests for the SARS-CoV-2 virus were carried out in Estonia in the past 24 hours of which 579 or almost 11 percent were positive, data from the Health Board reveals. Four people died. Harju County say 356 new cases, Ida-Viru County 106, Tartu County 35, Rapla County, 15 and Pärnu County 15 new cases. Lääne-Viru County got 13, Võru and Järve counties nine, Viljandi County five, Saare, Lääne and Valga counties two and Põlva County a single diagnosis. Sixteen people diagnosed lacked a registered place of residence. Four people with COVID-19 died over the past 24 h...

0"> An advert from the Health Board's "Let’s keep Estonia open!" campaign encouraging people to download HOIA. Source: Terviseamet 561 cases of coronavirus were diagnosed in the last 24 hours, the Health Board said on Saturday. The 14-day infection rate is 505.88 per 100,000 inhabitants. An 82-year-old man and a 93-year-old woman died due to coronavirus in the last day. A total of 170 people infected with the coronavirus have died in Estonia. 357 cases were diagnosed in Harju County, 73 in Ida-Viru County, 38 in Tartu County, 24 in Lääne-Viru County, 17 in Pärnu Cou...