Europe passed one million deaths from COVID-19

Europe has recorded over 1 million deaths from COVID-19 since coronavirus was discovered in China in December 2019, agency tally shows AFP balances provided by health authorities.

The 52 countries and territories of the region (which goes, in the east, to Azerbaijan and Russia) total at least 1,000,288 deaths (for 46,496,560 cases), ahead of Latin America and the Caribbean (832,577 deaths, 26,261,006 cases), the United States / Canada (585,428 deaths, 32,269,104 cases), Asia (285,824 deaths, 19,656,223 cases), Middle East (119,104 deaths, 7,011,552 cases), Africa (115,779 deaths, 4,354,663 cases) and Oceania (1,006 deaths, 40,348 cases).

However, the trends are very different in this group of countries.

the UKAfter recording up to 8,700 deaths in one week at the end of January, it has seen the epidemic drop drastically with 238 deaths in the past seven days and a significant drop in hospitalizations and detected cases. The country has massively vaccinated since the beginning of December: around 60% of the adult population has already received a first dose of vaccine.

In fact, on Monday, the country of the United Kingdom implemented an easing of its strict health measures on Monday: from today bars and restaurants in England can open their terraces (The interior service will do this from May 17th).

Other countries like Italy (3,200 dead since last Tuesday) and France (2200) face a third wave. The first last Monday extended its containment and restrictions on entry into the country until April 30, while the restrictions in France – which include the closure of non-essential stores with exceptions and the ban on browsing more than 10 kilometers – continue at least until the end. of the month.
In a similar situation, he finds himself Germany, where many restrictions are in place to prevent the collapse of the health care system.

Figures compiled by the AFP They are based on daily reports published by the health authorities in each country. This is a partial estimate of the actual number of deaths, with statistical agencies in several countries subsequently finding an even higher number of deaths attributable to COVID-19.

Europe crossed the threshold of half a million dead on December 17, 11 months after the announcement of the first death in China in January 2020. Another 500,000 people died in less than four months. However, the death rate has stabilized since the end of January.

Europe recorded 27,036 deaths last week, an average of 3900 per dayFigures well below those of the deadliest week on record on the continent. Between January 14 and 20, 2021, 40,178 deaths were recorded, i.e. about 5700 per day.

In proportion to the total population, the most affected countries in the world are European: the Czech Republic is the country that regrets the most deaths, with 261 per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by Hungary (245) and Bosnia and herzegovina (228).

Deaths recorded in Europe, which has 900 million inhabitants, or one ninth of the world’s population, represent a third of the 2.94 million victims of the pandemic reported worldwide, out of more than 136 million cases diagnosed since start of the pandemic, according to the count of AFP.

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