(ANSA) - BELGRADE, 11 JUL - A total of 498.761 confirmed
cases of COVID-19 (+4253 day-on-day), were registered in
countries in Central- and Eastern Europe, Germany, Austria and
Greece, show official data of national authorities received by
the World Health Organization (WHO) by July 10. The growth
of COVID-19 cases in the region was particularly strong in
Montenegro, Kosovo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Albania, Bulgaria, North
Macedonia, Croatia and Ukraine in the past week, according to
data updated as of July 6. Belarus and Moldova are now
registering more confirmed cases of Covid-19 per million people
than Italy. The total number of fatalities in the region is
18.768 (+107), out of which 9054 registered in Germany, 1834 in
Romania, 1551 in Poland, 1351 in Ukraine 706 in Austria, 627 in
Moldova, 591 in Hungary, 449 in Belarus, 362 in North Macedonia,
352 in Czechia, 352 in Serbia. Between June 29 and July 6, the
highest growth of the total number of COVID19-related fatalities
was recorded in Kosovo (+150,0%), Albania (+79,5%), Montenegro
(+55,6%) and North Macedonia (+43,3%). The highest number of
cases of COVID-19 in the area was registered in Germany (198178,
+395 in the last 24 hours), followed by Belarus (64411, +187),
Ukraine (52043, +819), Poland (36951, +262), Romania (30789,
+614), Moldova (18666, +195), Austria (18613, +97), Serbia
(17342, +266) and Czechia (12919, +105). In Slovenia, Croatia,
Bulgaria, Romania and in the Western Balkans (Serbia, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Albania) 82215
confirmed cases and 3437 deaths were registered as of July 10.
In Central- and Eastern Europe, Belarus has registered about
6786 cases of COVID-19 per million inhabitants, followed by
Moldova (4627) and North Macedonia (3645), compared to 4007 in
Italy, while the lowest rate was observed in Greece (341 per
million) and Slovakia (340 per million), according to a count by
ANSA based on WHO data. In the region, North Macedonia has
registered the highest number of deaths per one million
population in the region (174), followed by Moldova (155) and
Germany (109), Slovakia the lowest (5). Italy has recorded
around 577 deaths per million inhabitants. Between June 29 and
July 6, the highest weekly increase of total confirmed cases was
observed in Montenegro (+115,7%), Kosovo (+63,0%),
Bosnia-Herzegovina (+57,2%), Albania (+48,6%), Bulgaria
(+47,0%), North Macedonia (+38,0%), Croatia (+36,0%) and Ukraine
(+31,7%). Only in Germany, Lithuania, Hungary, Latvia and
Estonia the weekly increase of new cases was between 5% and
zero. (ANSA).
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