In France, the daily increase of confirmed cases has exceeded 40,000; in the United Kingdom, the number of new cases of neocoronavirus in a single day has exceeded 20,000 for three consecutive days; in Spain, the cumulative number of confirmed cases has exceeded one million; in Ireland and the United Kingdom, the city of Wales has been completely closed, and the European governments have warned that Europe faces a second wave of neocoronavirus epidemic. Danish Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Metter said that the new coronavirus will quickly spread throughout Europe.
AFP cited official data Thursday showing that more than 8 million cases of the new coronavirus have been confirmed in Europe, with a cumulative total of 256,000 deaths.
Germany, which “fought the epidemic well” during the first wave of the epidemic this spring, reported Thursday that 11,300 cases were diagnosed in a single day, a record high. The new record broke the 16-day record of 7,830 cases, and was much higher than the 7,595 cases reported on Wednesday. The total number of confirmed cases in Germany reached 392,049, including 9,905 deaths. Wyler, director of the Robert Koch Institute, a German disease control agency, said it is still possible to control the epidemic through “systematic compliance with restrictions,” but “the overall situation has become very serious. The Robert Koch Institute also warned Germans on Thursday to avoid traveling to Switzerland, Ireland, Poland and Austria’s eight provinces if they do not have to, Reuters reported.
Austria has reported 121.4 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the past seven days, well above the danger threshold of 50.
In the United Kingdom, there were more than 20,000 new cases of new crowns diagnosed in a single day for three consecutive days. The UK Department of Health and Social Security statistics, as of Thursday, a single day of 21,242 new confirmed cases, a total of 814,667 confirmed cases, 189 new deaths, a total of 44,347 deaths.
Italy’s new coronavirus epidemic continues, with 16,079 new cases diagnosed on a single day, a record high for the second day in a row, and a total of 465,726 cases diagnosed, 136 new deaths, with the cumulative death toll rising to 36,968.
In Spain, the number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus broke one million. Official data on Thursday showed that Spain has become the first country in the European Union to have a cumulative total of 1 million new coronavirus diagnoses. The government is considering new restrictions on public life in order to curb the spread of the disease. Spain’s Health Ministry announced that 16,973 new cases have been confirmed in the country in the past 24 hours. Danish Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Metter said Thursday that the new coronavirus will spread rapidly throughout Europe.
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