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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Cormac O'Shea

Ireland's Green list: Italy sees cases rate rise and are Spain, the UK and Portugal any closer to making it?

Italy has seen its cases rate rise in the last week but it's still below Ireland's coronavirus incidence per 100,000 people.

The holiday hotspot was the place with the highest incidence rate on the green list and has seen a rise again in the last week.

Italy now has a rate of 5.0 which would have been above Ireland's rate of 4.9 when the green list was published last Tuesday.

However, Ireland's rate has now also risen and stands at 5.3 after a slight jump in cases in the last 14 days.

Passengers pictured at Dublin Airport on the first leg of their holiday trip, as the airport opens fully after COVID-19 Lockdown (Colin Keegan, Collins)

The green list is to be reviewed every two weeks to take into account these changes of incidence rates which are released by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.

The United Kingdom is no closer to being on the list with a rate of 14.6.

Spain is even further away from making any revised list having jumped from 27 to 39.

France currently has a rate of 14.6 while Portugal is up there near Spain with a rate of 36.3.

The Government have said they will monitor this list with regards to making any green list changes in the coming weeks.

Below is the incidence rate of the last 14 days for all EU countries.

Cases incidence rate per 100,000 people in each EU country and the UK

*All below figures are correct as of July 26

United Kingdom 14.6

Spain 39.4

Italy 5.0

Germany 7.8

France 14.6

Sweden 40.1

Belgium 25.3

Netherlands 10.5

Portugal 36.3

Romania 59.7

Poland 13.4

Ireland 5.3

Austria 17.5

Czechia 19.7

Denmark 8.5

Bulgaria 44.8

Norway 2.3

Finland 1.8

Luxembourg 219.4

Croatia 27.5

Hungary 2.1

Greece 3.6

Slovakia 4.6

Slovenia 11.5

Estonia 1.4

Lithuania 4.9

Iceland 2.8

Latvia 1.7

Cyprus 4.5

Malta 2.4

Liechtenstein 5.2

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