The map of Portugal remains in red “loaded”

The European Center for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) provides citizens with maps on COVID-19 in Europe. This was a request from the Council of the European Union, taking into account the worsening of the epidemiological situation in several countries.

Unfortunately Portugal remains one of the worst countries in Europe and in the world in new cases.

COVID-19 unified COVID traffic light
Maps are published weekly and updated every Thursday.  The criteria have been recommended by the Council of the EU, and through easy to understand graphs we can see how COVID-19 is at the European level.  The aim is to inform and increase transparency and predictability for citizens and businesses.
It is true that in Portugal the counties at high risk of contagion will increase to 191, but in the "eyes" of Europe our country, in general, has a high rate.  It should be noted that our country has an even greater incidence than Spain, France, Germany, etc.  Calculations made, Portugal has an incidence value more than double that of many countries.  You can see more charts here.

By clicking on the map it is possible to see the evolution of new cases per day from one million inhabitants.  As you can see, despite strong growth, there has been a decrease in the past few days.

What do the colors in the unified COVID traffic light represent?
The European Center for Disease Control indicates that ...

THE GREEN there are regions where the notification rate of new cases in the previous 14 days is less than 25 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants and the positivity rate is less than 4%.
THE ORANGE It is used in areas where, within two weeks, there are less than 50 new cases of contagion per 100,000 inhabitants, but the test positive rate is equal to or greater than 4% or, if it is below the 4% threshold. , the notification rate is between 25 and 150 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants.
THE GRAY they are the areas for which there is not enough information or the percentage of tests is less than 300 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants
RED Regions in which the 14-day notification rate is equal to or greater than 50 per 100,000 inhabitants and the positivity rate is equal to or greater than 4%, as well as regions where the 14-day notification rate is equal to or greater than of 150 infections per 100 thousand inhabitants even if the positivity rate is less than 4%

COVID unified traffic light