(CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has put a Nordic travel favorite on its “high” risk list for Covid-19 along with two other places.
Representing three continents, the three destinations added to the list on Tuesday are:
• Guatemala
• Morocco
• Sweden
Level 3, or “high,” is now the top rung in terms of risk level and applies to places that have had more than 100 cases per 100,000 residents in the past 28 days. Level 2 and Level 1 are considered “moderate” and “low” risk, respectively.
All three new entries to Level 3 on Tuesday had previously been at Level 2.
There were almost 115 destinations at Level 3 on July 5. Level 3 locations account for almost half of the roughly 235 places monitored by the CDC.
Level 4, previously the highest risk category, is now reserved only for special circumstances, such as extremely high case counts, emergence of a new variant of concern or health care infrastructure collapse. Under the new system, no destinations have been placed at Level 4 so far.
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The village of Oia on Santorini island is a favorite tourist spot in Greece, which remains at the CDC’s Level 3.
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Much of Europe has been stubbornly lodged at Level 3 for months with the summer travel season in full swing. As of July 5, the following popular European destinations were among those remaining at Level 3:
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Ireland
• Italy
• The Netherlands
• Norway
• Portugal
• Spain
• United Kingdom
Those aren’t the only high-profile spots that find themselves at Level 3. Numerous other destinations around the world are among those in the “high” risk category, including the following:
• Brazil
• Canada
• Costa Rica
• Malaysia
• Mexico
• South Korea
• Thailand
• Turkey
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