In Europe, mortality among patients with COVID-19 increased by 10 percent in a week
The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that Europe has seen a sharp rise in the death rate of patients with coronavirus, by 10 percent in the week from November 1 to 7. TASS writes about this.
According to experts, Europe was the only one of the six regions in which there is an increase in the number of deaths. In the first seven days of November, European countries account for 55 percent of deaths (26,726 deaths).
The incidence of COVID-19 has also increased in the region. There, 1,949,419 new cases of infection were detected, which is 63 percent of the global number of cases. In addition to Europe, the incidence increased only in Africa.
According to WHO, most of the sick Europeans are infected with the “delta” strain of coronavirus. So, recently, this option was recorded in 99.6 percent of cases.
Earlier, Russians were warned about the rapid deterioration of the epidemiological situation in some European countries. According to statistics, the situation has changed for the worse in Croatia, parts of Belgium and Ireland. In addition, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Romania are included in the red list of states. Liechtenstein and Iceland, the Netherlands, half of Norway and half of the Czech Republic are also named the most dangerous for travel.