Coronavirus: 287.000 cases in New Europe,11.562 died
In Germany 166091, Balkans (35715), Belarus (19255)
08 May, 13:39The total number of fatalities in the region is 11.562 (+226), out of which 7719 registered in Germany, 858 in Romania, 733 in Poland, 608 in Austria, 383 in Hungary, 340 in Ukraine, 262 in Czechia, 203 in Serbia, 147 in Greece, 143 in Moldova, 112 in Belarus, 99 in Slovenia.
Most of cases of COVID-19 in the area were registered in Germany (166091, +1194 in the last 24 hours), followed by Belarus (19255, no new data available), Austria (15651, +65), Poland (14740, +309), Romania (14107, +270), Ukraine (13691, +507), Serbia (9791, +114), Czechia (7974, +78), Moldova (4476, +113), Hungary (3150, +39), Greece (2663, +21), Croatia (2119, +7), Bosnia-Herzegovina (2017, +49), ), Bulgaria (1778, +89), Estonia (1713, +2), North Macedonia (1539, +13), Slovenia (1448, +3), Slovakia (1429, +8), Lithuania (1428, +5), Latvia (900, +4), Kosovo (860, +4), Albania (832), and Montenegro (324).
In Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania and in the Western Balkans (Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Albania) 35715 confirmed cases and 1.587 deaths were registered as of May 7.
In Central- and Eastern Europe, Belarus has registered about 2029 cases of COVID-19 per million inhabitants, compared to 3546 in Italy, followed by Germany (1998), Austria (1758), Moldova (1669), and Serbia (1406), while the lowest rate was observed in Bulgaria (254 per million) and Greece (247 per million), according to a tallly on WHO data. In the region, Germany has registered the highest number of deaths per one million population in the region (86), followed by Austria (68), Moldova (53) and Slovenia (48), Slovakia the lowest (5). Italy has recorded around 491 deaths per million inhabitants.
Between April 27 and May 4, the highest weekly increase of confirmed cases was registered in Belarus (+67.2%), followed by Ukraine (+36,9 %), and Bulgaria (+24,5%), while in Germany, Czechia, Greece, Estonia, Croatia, Austria, Slovenia, Slovakia, Montenegro and Lithuania the weekly increase is now below 5%.
Between April 20 and April 27, the highest weekly increase of confirmed cases was registered in Belarus (+118,9%), followed by Ukraine (+57,8%), Kosovo (+42,6%), Bulgaria (42,1%), Moldova (+37,1%) and Hungary (+30,2%), the lowest in Austria (+3,3%), Montenegro (+4,2%) and Slovenia (+5,8%). Between April 13 and April 20, the highest weekly increases of confirmed cases were registered in Belarus (+85.4%), Ukraine (+84.1%), Serbia (+74.0%), Slovakia (+56.5%) and Moldova (+48.7%), the lowest in Austria (+5.5%), Greece (+5.7%) and Slovenia (+10.4%). (ANSA).