(ANSA) - BELGRADE, 18 MAG - A total of 321.434 confirmed cases of COVID-19 (+3054 day-on-day), of which 174355 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 17. 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. Montenegro did not register any new case already since 11 days, according to WHO data.

The total number of fatalities in the region is 13.315 (+109), out of which 7914 registered in Germany, 1081 in Romania, 915 in Poland, 628 in Austria, 514 in Ukraine, 451 in Hungary, 296 in Czechia, 228 in Serbia, 209 in Moldova, 162 in Greece, 160 in Belarus, 131 in Bosnia-Herzegovina, 103 in Slovenia.

Most of cases of COVID-19 in the area were registered in Germany (174355, +583 in the last 24 hours), followed by Belarus (28861, +951), Ukraine (18291, +433), Poland (18257, +241), Romania (16704, +267), Austria (16140, +72), Serbia (10496, +58), Czechia (8455, +49), Moldova (5934, +189), Hungary (3509, +36), Greece (2819, +9), Bosnia-Herzegovina (2265, +28), Croatia (2224, +2), Bulgaria (2069, +46), Estonia (1770, +4), North Macedonia (1762, +22), Lithuania (1534, +11), Slovakia (1493, +13), Slovenia (1465), Latvia (997, +27), Albania (946, +13), Kosovo (944), and Montenegro (324).

In Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania and in the Western Balkans (Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Albania) 40196 confirmed cases and 1920 deaths were registered as of May 17.

In Central- and Eastern Europe, Belarus has registered about 3022 cases of COVID-19 per million inhabitants, compared to 3716 in Italy, followed by Moldova (2213) and Germany (2097), while the lowest rate was observed in Slovakia (274 per million) and Greece (262 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 (95), followed by Moldova (78), Austria (71), Romania (56) and Slovenia (50), Slovakia the lowest (5). Italy has recorded around 525 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).