have been reported as having very poor conditions that increase the danger of exposure to the pandemic. on 29 march, albania sent a group of 30 medical staff members to lombardy, italy. prime minister edi rama said his country was thanking former italian help. relaxation of measures "green" municipalities on 25 april, minister of health and social protection ogerta manastirliu announced plans to relax free hours from 90 minutes to 2 hours in the "red zones" and the establishment of "green zones", counties and municipalities with no active cases or little risk of spread. regions included were the counties of dibër and gjirokastër and the municipalities of sarandë, konispol, himarë, delvinë, finiq, prrenjas, pogradec, librazhd and divjakë. in these green zones, movement of pensioners was allowed hours 6:00 to 8:30 and other people 9:30 to 17:30 with no more than one person accompanying. gatherings of more than two people in public were prohibited and cars could freely move from 9:30 to 17:30 without permit and no more than one passenger. these measures would take effect the following day on 26 april. on 4 may, the green zones were expanded to include the municipalities of tropojë, rrogozhinë, peqin, belsh, cërrik, gramsh, ura vajgurore, kuçovë, berat, poliçan, skrapar, devoll, pustec, maliq, mallakastër, kolonjë, vlorë and selenicë. on 11 may, the green zones were expanded to include every municipality except tirana, shkodër, krujë, durrës, kurbin, kamëz and fier, also labeled "red zones". intercity travel from and to these municipalities was also prohibited. on 18 may, fier was added to the green zones. people in these zones were also allowed to walk freely at any time of the day while the red zones' free hours were extended to 21:00. authorizations for the movement of people and vehicles were also removed in the whole country, however, restricted movement to and from "red" municipalities was still in effect. on 26 may, the ministry of health and social protection announced that the second phase of reopening would begin with the opening of preschools on 1 june. statistics cumulative number of cases, recoveries, deaths and active cases daily test positivity ration (%) cases by county county cases deaths recoveries active cases per 100k act. per 100k perc. of pop. fatality rate ref. tirana 55,927 +164 998 +1 54,610 +44 319 +119 6131.07 34.97 6.13% 1.78% fier 11,621 +29 242 = 11,322 +1 57 +28 4063.26 19.93 4.06% 2.08% durrës 10,311 +19 235 +1 10,042 +1 34 +17 3530.81 11.64 3.53% 2.27% vlorë 9,220 +40 129 = 9,008 +7 83 +33 4912.75 44.23 4.91% 1.4% elbasan 8,849 +26 252 = 8,508 +12 89 +14 3323.63 33.43 3.32% 2.85% shkodër 7,646 +82 147 = 7,362 +2 137 +80 3877.73 69.48 3.88% 1.92% korçë 6,806 +10 118 = 6,670 +3 18 +7 3366.09 8.9 3.37% 1.73% berat 6,755 +14 100 = 6,607 +1 48 +13 5655.09 40.18 5.66% 1.48% lezhë 6,252 +11 92 = 6,116 +1 44 +10 5180.73 36.46 5.18% 1.47% gjirokastër 4,903 +12 64 = 4,822 +2 17 +10 8448.93 29.29 8.45% 1.31% kukës 2,921 +7 34 = 2,863 +7 24 = 3926.71 32.26 3.93% 1.16% dibër 2,519 +6 48 = 2,465 = 6 +6 2215.81 5.28 2.22% 1.91% as of 7 august 2021, 04:00 pm (cet) values show increase from the day before. vaccination campaign the covid-19 vaccination campaign in albania officially commenced on 11 january 2021, with 975 pfizer vaccine doses, given as a gift to albania by an undisclosed eu country.