In Latvia, “British” strain of coronavirus is spreading locally: epidemiologists



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As CDC spokeswoman Ilze Array told BNS, one of the local infections was found in kindergarten. In addition, the number of infected people is increasing among children and young people, which may indirectly indicate that the new strain is spreading locally.

According to the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), which may differ from the information available for the LPKC, the incidence of COVID-19 in Latvia in the last two weeks is 509.5 cases per 100,000 cases . population.

Last week, this indicator was slightly higher: 548.6 cases per 100,000. population.

Latvia ranks sixth among the EU members in terms of morbidity.

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