The cumulative number of confirmed cases in Europe surpassed 15 million on Friday, with the number of infections in the region surging as winter approaches, adding about 1 million new cases every four days. France has surpassed Russia as the worst affected country in Europe.
According to Reuters, the cumulative number of confirmed new crown cases in Europe has surpassed 15 million, with France being the worst hit.
According to Reuters, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Europe surpassed 15 million on Friday, with the number of infections in the region surging as winter sets in, with 1 million new cases added about every four days. So far, Europe has accumulated at least 15,046,656 confirmed cases and 344,401 cumulative deaths, accounting for a quarter of the global total in both confirmed cases and deaths.
It took nine months for Europe to reach 5 million cases, but then the number of cases jumped by 10 million in less than two months, according to a Reuters analysis. Europe has only one-tenth of the world’s population, but accounts for 26% of the cumulative number of diagnosed cases and 25% of the global death toll. Currently, there are 56.9 million cumulative diagnosed cases and 1.3 million deaths worldwide. For every 100 new cases recently diagnosed worldwide, about 39 are from European countries.
According to Reuters, France has surpassed Russia as the worst affected country in Europe. France is now second only to the United States, India, and Brazil in terms of the severity of the epidemic. According to Reuters, about 27 percent of the total number of confirmed cases in Europe come from France and Russia.
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