Europe Records 2,269 Covid-19 Deaths in a Week, Highest in Latvia

This week's Covid-19 statistics in Europe show that most countries have recorded a decrease in the number of deaths, a contrast to the previous situation where death tolls continued to rise. This week, nine countries still recorded an increase in deaths, while 18 others recorded fewer deaths than the previous week.

In terms of percentage, the top five countries with the highest increase in deaths are Latvia, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Croatia (Hrvatska), and Serbia. The total number of deaths in these five countries as of Thursday, December 8, 2022, was 168, with a weekly growth rate exceeding 22.22 percent.

Latvia recorded the highest increase in Covid-19 deaths in Europe, with weekly growth reaching 266.67 percent. In this country, Worldometer recorded 11 deaths, a 21.43 percent increase compared to the previous day.

Belgium follows in second place. Compared to the previous week, deaths in this country grew by 73.33 percent. Daily death figures, however, decreased by 3.7% compared to the previous day, which recorded 27 deaths.

Next, deaths in the Czech Republic increased by 53.57%, Croatia (Hrvatska) recorded 55 deaths (up 44.74%), and Serbia recorded 33 deaths (up 22.22%).

Looking at the number of reported deaths, the highest number of deaths in the last seven days in Europe occurred in Germany with 741 deaths. Death reports in this country decreased by 12.31% compared to the previous week. Following Germany, France reported 505 deaths (up 16.63%), Russia recorded 398 deaths (up 4.46%), Italy recorded 103 deaths (down 67.41%), and the UK recorded 61 deaths (down 75.5%).

The total number of deaths in Europe over the past seven days was 2,269. This accounts for 27.69 percent of global deaths caused by the Covid-19 virus, totaling 8,194. The number of deaths in Europe decreased compared to the previous seven-day accumulation of 2,818 deaths.