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Covid: new cases drop in Central-Eastern Europe
Deaths also down by -3.0%, Slovenia first for deaths per 100K
20 January, 17:56
(by Stefano Giantin)
(ANSA) - BELGRADE, JAN 20 - Countries in Central- and Eastern
Europe observed a significant drop in new coronavirus cases and
deaths in the week ending January 17, show data from the latest
epidemiological update of the World Health Organization (WHO).
According to the WHO epidemiological update, a total of 421,560 new COVID-19 cases -19.5% compared to last week) and 14,796 new deaths (-3.0% week-on-week) were reported by the countries in the Balkans and in Central- and Eastern Europe to the WHO through January 17, bringing the cumulative total of cases to 9,300,629 and of deaths to 198,549.
According to WHO data, in the past week the countries across Central- and Eastern Europe that reported more new cases were Germany (124,991), Czechia (57,994), Poland (50,060), Ukraine (45,656), Romania (23,286), Slovakia (15,116) and Serbia (13,322).
The countries across the region that reported more new deaths last week were Germany (6,076), Poland (2,166), Czechia (1,223), Ukraine (1,035), Hungary (693), Romania (572) and Slovakia (556).
In Central- and Eastern Europe, the highest number of deaths from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic were reported in Germany (46,419), Poland (33,355), Ukraine (20,802), Romania (17,164), Czechia (14,338) and Hungary (11,341).
Slovenia remains the country in the region with the highest ratio between deaths and population, with 160 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population, compared to 135 in Italy, followed by Bosnia-Herzegovina (136), Czechia (134), North Macedonia (129), Bulgaria (122), Montenegro (119), Hungary (117) and Croatia (112), while the lowest rate is currently observed in Belarus (17).
In Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania and in the Western Balkans (Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Albania) 2,032,724 confirmed cumulative cases (+68,164) and 47,866 deaths (+1,872) were registered as of January 17. (ANSA).
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According to the WHO epidemiological update, a total of 421,560 new COVID-19 cases -19.5% compared to last week) and 14,796 new deaths (-3.0% week-on-week) were reported by the countries in the Balkans and in Central- and Eastern Europe to the WHO through January 17, bringing the cumulative total of cases to 9,300,629 and of deaths to 198,549.
According to WHO data, in the past week the countries across Central- and Eastern Europe that reported more new cases were Germany (124,991), Czechia (57,994), Poland (50,060), Ukraine (45,656), Romania (23,286), Slovakia (15,116) and Serbia (13,322).
The countries across the region that reported more new deaths last week were Germany (6,076), Poland (2,166), Czechia (1,223), Ukraine (1,035), Hungary (693), Romania (572) and Slovakia (556).
In Central- and Eastern Europe, the highest number of deaths from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic were reported in Germany (46,419), Poland (33,355), Ukraine (20,802), Romania (17,164), Czechia (14,338) and Hungary (11,341).
Slovenia remains the country in the region with the highest ratio between deaths and population, with 160 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population, compared to 135 in Italy, followed by Bosnia-Herzegovina (136), Czechia (134), North Macedonia (129), Bulgaria (122), Montenegro (119), Hungary (117) and Croatia (112), while the lowest rate is currently observed in Belarus (17).
In Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania and in the Western Balkans (Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Albania) 2,032,724 confirmed cumulative cases (+68,164) and 47,866 deaths (+1,872) were registered as of January 17. (ANSA).
