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0"> A message of Tallinn's Old Town Christmas tree which says "No to covid in 2021". Source: Ellina Katšan/ ERR 654 new cases of coronavirus were diagnosed and four people died in the last 24 hours, the Health Board said on Friday. The 14-day infection rate is 505.8 per 100,000 inhabitants. Four new coronavirus deaths were registered within the past 24 hours: a 66 year-old man, a 74 year-old man, an 81 year-old man, and an 86 year-old woman. Coronavirus has claimed the lives of 168 people in Estonia in total. 327 cases were recorded in Harju County and 265 of those were ...

0"> A social distancing sign and hand sanitizer outside a restaurant in Tallinn's Old Town. Source: Helen Wright / ERR Last week, the number of new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) diagnosed in Estonia was above 1,000 for the first time and was almost double the previous week's total cases. There were several new records set and three deaths were reported. 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...

On Tuesday, the government is set to decide specific support measures for companies that had to close their doors due to recent coronavirus spread alleviation restrictions. The current draft has companies receiving compensation for the three weeks until the end of 2020. A government decision establishing stricter coronavirus restrictions in Estonia has closed up most of Ida-Viru County's service sector, starting from museums and sports clubs and finishing with hotels and spas. Just stores and churches are still open, ETV's daily affairs show "Aktuaalne kaamera" reported on Monday. Toila Spa w...

East-Viru County cos want support from state to prevent collapse in tourism 2020-12-13 BNS/TBT Staff TALLINN - Businesses in East-Viru County are expecting for the Estonian government to introduce on Monday a support measure preventing the collapse of the region's tourism sector. A Zoom meeting is to be held with public authorities on the topic of the crisis in East-Viru County on Monday with tourism entrepreneurs expecting to hear about the size, content and start time of the expected support measure. Tourism has at present been shut down in the region by an order of the government. Touris...

The awareness and sense of danger of the residents of Estonia's most eastern county Ida-Viru about the spread of the coronavirus are higher than in the rest of Estonia, a new survey shows. The sense of danger of the residents of Estonia regarding the spread of the coronavirus has not increased during the last few weeks in Estonia as a whole, according to a survey commissioned by the Ministry of Social Affairs and conducted by pollster Turu-uuringute AS. Ida-Viru County currently has the highest rate of infection in Estonia at 1021.91 per 100,000 people, in comparison, Harju County's rate is 4...