COVID-19 uptick noted in EU
Posted: 2020, Oct 08, Thu, 3:25 pm
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/eu ... r-BB19NF2JSpain as a whole reported a record 5,075 new cases on Wednesday, while infections in Germany in the past 24 hours exceeded 4,000 for the first time since early April. Daily infections in France increased by 18,746, bringing the seven-day rolling average to the highest level yet.
“There must be more restrictions such as the ones put in place” in the region of Marseille, where bars and restaurants were shut, Macron said in a TF1 interview.
The number of Covid-19 patients in intensive care in Paris hospitals has tripled since the start of September, similar to the situation in the Marseille region.
The German capital has the worst outbreak among the country’s 16 states, with 40.5 cases per 100,000 people over the last seven days, according to the public health authority.
Coronavirus infections across the whole of Germany climbed by 4,010 in the 24 hours through Thursday morning, the highest since April 10, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. That brought the total to 311,137.
Across the border from Europe’s largest economy, the Czech Republic on Thursday posted a record 5,335 new cases for the previous day. The country’s 14-day cumulative number of cases per capita is now the highest in the EU, surpassing Spain.
Austria also recorded a record number of daily infections on Thursday, with Vienna accounting for more than half of the 1,209 new cases. Ukraine recorded an additional 5,397 infections, which is also the highest one-day total.
In Poland, Covid-related deaths jumped by a record 76 to 2,867 in the past 24 hours.