(Corrects info in paragraph 3)

RIGA, Dec 1 (LETA) - As of this Thursday, stricter Covid-19 rules will come into effect also in the regions of Kekava, Auce and Daugavpils, according to information released by the Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC).

The CDC posts the latest infection rate statistics on its website each Tuesday. More stringent Covid-19 rules are introduced in those municipalities where the 14-day cumulative number of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population exceeds Latvia's average infection rate by 50 percent. The restrictions are applied to the list's newcomers as of Thursday, in this case, December 3.

As at November 30, Latvia's 14-day cumulative number of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population was 335.4. Accordingly, Latvia's average infection rate was exceeded by 50 percent in those municipalities that over the past 14 days had recorded more than 503.1 cases per 100,000 population. 

The city of Daugavpils, as well as Varaklani, Salacgriva, Akniste, Marupe and Baldone regions feature on the list of most-affected municipalities since November 26.

The 14-day cumulative number of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population now stands at 8,94.6 in Daugavpils, 1,668.8 in Varaklani, 1,438.8 in Salacgriva, 1,342.2 in Akniste, 644.8 in Marupe and 530.4 in Baldone region.

In Kekava region the 14-day cumulative number of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population was 586.5, in Auce region 536.3 and in Daugavpils region 511.2.

Meanwhile, Covid-19 cases in the regions of Kraslava, Malpils, Smiltene, Garkalne, Limbazi and Salaspils no longer exceed that mark.

CDC representative Ilze Araja told LETA that currently the increased restrictions are effective in all the above municipalities until the end of the state of emergency regardless of whether their incidence rate has or has not dropped.