14-01-2021, 18:48
I think we are beating a dead horse here but I'll give it one more try. According to the numbers the UK has 47,175 cases per 1m population, ranked 16th in Europe (not the EU but the continent), this is about the same as Spain and France who are slightly lower in the 45k range but doing better than Portugal, Sweden, Netherlands, Croatia, Switzerland and Belgium, who are all over 51k/1m pop. The Uk is fairing worse in the death rate and is ranked 9th worst in Europe with 1,245 deaths per 1m population, Belgium of the decent sized countries actually has the worst death rate at 1,743 and Italy is worse at 1,338.
As has been mentioned the UK though is in a worse state today than any other country on the back of this new strain and is reporting more daily cases than any other European countries with Spain, France, Germany and Russia all struggling as well. Time will tell if this new strain grabs hold in the rest of Europe like it has in the UK.
As has been mentioned the UK though is in a worse state today than any other country on the back of this new strain and is reporting more daily cases than any other European countries with Spain, France, Germany and Russia all struggling as well. Time will tell if this new strain grabs hold in the rest of Europe like it has in the UK.