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Coronavirus: Europe epicenter now as new cases higher than China’s peak

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Coronavirus: Europe epicenter now as new cases higher than China’s peak
14 Mar 2020, 08:47 AM IST
  • WHO has said more cases in Europe are being reported every day than were reported in China at the height of its epidemic
  • The global deaths toll due to coronavirus reached 5,416 on Saturday with 145,360 people in 138 nations affected
Europe has now, apart from China, become the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, with more reported cases and deaths than the rest of the world combined, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said.

“More cases in Europe are now being reported every day than were reported in China at the height of its epidemic," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday.

As of 13 March 2020, every country in Europe except Montenegro has reported at least one case of COVID-19, and 18 countries have reported at least one death. Italy alone has reported 17,660 cases with 1,266 deaths followed by Spain with 4,335 cases and 122 deaths and Germany with 3,675 cases and 8 deaths.

Looking at the overall situation, according to the latest situation report of the WHO, five new countries/territories areas (Jersey, Réunion, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Cuba and Guyana) have reported cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
 
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