The total number of cases detected since the start of the pandemic now stands at 139,134.
Of 7,088 tests carried out in the past 24 hours, 1.4% were positive.
The 14-day cumulative infection rate per 100,000 inhabitants rose from 42.2 Tuesday to 44.1 Wednesday.
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▫️veikti 7088 Covid-19 izmeklējumi;
▫️reģistrēti 97 jauni inficēšanās gadījumi;
▫️saņemti ziņojumi par 2 mirušajiem (viens cilvēks 60-69 gadu vecumā, viens 70-79 gadu vecumā)
Two Covid-related deaths were confirmed, so the death toll since the start of the pandemic rises to 2,558.
Meanwhile in Estonia 244 new Covid cases were registered Wednesday and in Lithuania more than 500 new cases were recorded, the highest daily total since May.
Covid-19 information
A summary in English of the latest Covid-19 situation including restrictions in place and rules on public assembly is available at this special government website.
You can find the latest Covid-19 statistics at this official website.
The dedicated hotline for Covid-19 related inquiries (24 hours, 7 days a week) is 8345. The number for medical emergencies is 113.
There is a Latvian language hotline 8989 which allows people to both register for vaccination and receive answers to questions about the process of vaccination.
There is also a website to register for vaccination, https://manavakcina.lv/ which includes an English-language version. See this earlier story for a simple summary of what to do.
If you have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19, or you have fully recovered from a confirmed case of it, you can obtain a digital certificate attesting to your status at the website https://covid19sertifikats.lv/.
Latvia is also part of the European Union's wider Covid-19 certification scheme.
All arrivals to the country (including returnees) need to fill in an electronic declaration prior to coming to Latvia. It is available at the website covidpass.lv.
For the latest rules on entry and exit rules for international travellers, we have this summary.