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Covid: in CEE new cases decrease by 3.8%, deaths by 4.0%

But in some countries the epidemiological curve increases

10 February, 13:00
(by Stefano Giantin) (ANSA) - BELGRADE, FEB 10 - Central- and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Balkans observed another decline in the total number of new cases and deaths in the week ending February 7, show data from the latest epidemiological update of the World Health Organization (WHO). However, several countries in the region registered an increase of the epidemiologica curve, in particular Albania, Greece and Moldova, but also Czechia, Hungary, Latvia, Bulgaria, Estonia, Montenegro and Serbia.

According to the WHO epidemiological update, a total of 307,389 new COVID-19 cases -3,8% compared to last week) and 11,766 new deaths (-4.0% week-on-week) were reported by the countries in the Balkans and in Central- and Eastern Europe to the World Health Organization (WHO) through February 7, bringing the cumulative total of cases to 10,275,703 and of deaths to 236,379.

According to WHO data, in the past week the countries across Central- and Eastern Europe that reported more new cases were Germany (67647), Czechia (50201), Poland (36870), Ukraine (25394), Romania (16425), Slovakia (13413) and Serbia (12455).

The countries across the region that reported more new deaths last week were Germany (5075), Poland (1817), Czechia (939), Ukraine (846), Slovakia (574), Hungary (556) and Romania (542).

In Central- and Eastern Europe, the highest number of deaths from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic were reported in Germany (61517), Poland (39087), Ukraine (23597), Romania (18809), Czechia (17235) and Hungary (13090).

Slovenia remains the country in the region with the highest ratio between deaths and population, with 187 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population, compared to 151 in Italy, followed by Czechia (161) Bosnia-Herzegovina (146), North Macedonia (140), Hungary (136), Bulgaria (134) and Montenegro (133), while the lowest rate is observed in Belarus (19).

In Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania and in the Western Balkans (Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Albania) 2,221,053 confirmed cumulative cases (+60,118) and 52,791 deaths (+1,443) were registered as of February 7.

According to official data collected by the portal Our World in Data, updated as of February 8, Serbia (with 8.89 doses per 100 people) is third in Europe after the United Kingdom (18.86) and Malta (8.89) for COVID-19 vaccination doses administered per 100 people. In Central- and Eastern Europe, the countries that are vaccinating at the fastest pace are Slovenia (4.68), Lithuania (4.67) and Romania (4.63). (ANSA).

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