(ANSA) - BELGRADE, 14 MAG - A total of 309.181 confirmed cases of COVID-19 (+4417 day-on-day), of which 171.036 in Germany only, were registered in countries in Central- and Eastern Europe, Germany, Austria and Greece, show official data of national authorities received by the World Health Organization (WHO) by 10:00, May 13. The growth of COVID-19 cases in the region is slowing down, with the exception of Belarus and Ukraine according to data updated as of May 11.

The total number of fatalities in the region is 12.674 (+212), out of which 7634 registered in Germany, 1002 in Romania, 839 in Poland, 623 in Austria, 439 in Ukraine, 430 in Hungary, 283 in Czechia, 220 in Serbia, 182 in Moldova, 152 in Greece, 149 in Belarus, 116 in Bosnia-Herzegovina, 102 in Slovenia.

Most of cases of COVID-19 in the area were registered in Germany (171036, +798 in the last 24 hours), followed by Belarus (25840, +1934), Poland (16921, +595), Ukraine (16425, +402), Austria (15910, +36), Romania (15778, +190), Serbia (10243, +67), Czechia (8221, +45), Moldova (5154, +159), Hungary (3341, +28), Greece (2744, +17), Croatia (2207, +11), Bosnia-Herzegovina (2162, +29), Bulgaria (2023, +33), Estonia (1746, +5), North Macedonia (1674, +10), Lithuania (1491, +6), Slovakia (1465, +8), Slovenia (1461, +1), Latvia (950, +4), Kosovo (919, +35), Albania (876, +4), and Montenegro (324).

In Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania and in the Western Balkans (Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Albania) 38617 confirmed cases and 1805 deaths were registered as of May 13.

In Central- and Eastern Europe, Belarus has registered about 2722 cases of COVID-19 per million inhabitants, compared to 3658 in Italy, followed by Germany (2060), Moldova (1922) and Austria (1787), while the lowest rate was observed in Slovakia (269 per million) and Greece (255 per million), according to a count by ANSA based on WHO data. In the region, Germany has registered the highest number of deaths per one million population in the region (92), followed by Austria (70), Moldova (68), Romania (52) and Slovenia (49), Slovakia the lowest (5). Italy has recorded around 511 deaths per million inhabitants.

Between May 4 and May 11, the highest weekly increase of confirmed cases was observed in Belarus (+36,7%), Ukraine (+26,9%), Bulgaria (21,4%), Moldova (+19,6%), Poland (+16,8%), Romania (+16,7%) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (+13,0%), the lowest in Montenegro (+0,9%), Austria (+1,2%) and Slovenia (+1,3%). Also in Lithuania, Czechia, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia, Greece, Estonia and Kosovo the weekly increase of new cases is below 5%.

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).