Table 1. COVID-19 testing, incidence and epidemic phase in six European countries, weeks 13 to 30 2021.

	Average tests per 1,000 population per daya	Incidence per 100,000 population per weeka	Test positivity rate (%)a	Proportion (%) of RT-PCR among all tests	Context April–July 2021b
Belgium	4.3	117	3.9	95	Declining incidence at the end of the third wave before a slow rise in July. Non-pharmaceutical interventions reduced during this period.
England	17.4	139	1.1	22	Low incidence before fourth wave in June and July. Non-pharmaceutical interventions reduced during this period.
France	4.9	148	4.3	80	Declining incidence at the end of the third wave until quickly rising cases in July. Non-pharmaceutical interventions reduced during this period.
Italy	3.8	75	2.8	45	Declining incidence at the end of the third wave before a slow rise in July. Non-pharmaceutical interventions reduced during this period.
Romania	1.3	40	4.3	50	Declining incidence at the end of the third wave with stable low rates in July. Non-pharmaceutical interventions remained stable during this period.
Sweden	3.3	125	5.4	90	Declining incidence at the end of the third wave before a slow rise in July. Non-pharmaceutical interventions reduced during this period.

^a Average across the period from week 13 to week 30 2021.

^b Information on non-pharmaceutical interventions represents the general situation over the study period. More detailed information is provided in the Response Measures Database published by European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) [19].

Source: National data, ECDC, participating country representatives, open online sources.