Europe surpassed 100,000 daily reported COVID-19 cases for the first time on Thursday, after countries such as Russia and United Kingdom saw no respite in the mounting number of infections every day in the past five days.
FILE PHOTO: People, wearing protective face masks, walk past a dental clinic advertisement at Vallecas neighbourhood in Madrid, Spain, September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Sergio Perez
Russia reported its highest daily coronavirus cases ever since the last record in May on Friday, prompting Moscow authorities to mull closing bars and nightclubs. GRAPHIC: Daily COVID-19 cases: Russia, United Kingdom, France and Spain - GRAPHIC: New COVID-19 cases in Russia over 3 weeks - The country’s fatality rate is in stark contrast to the United States at 2.8%, even though the United States has recorded more than four times the total number of deaths due to the virus compared to Britain.
In Northern Europe, Britain was the sole country with a mammoth caseload. New infections in the country have risen more than 2.5 times since the beginning of October showing no signs of slowing down. Spain’s government invoked a state of emergency on Friday to impose a partial lockdown on Madrid. With 850 COVID-19 infections per 100,000 people, the Madrid area has Europe’s highest infection rate.
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