Coronavirus: Over 1 lakh people in Europe dead, a million more infected

Europe has been by far the worst-hit continent by the coronavirus pandemic that has infected close to 2.5 million people worldwide and killed over 165,000. Europe has accounted for over 40 per cent of all COVID-19 cases (1,089,674) and over 60 per cent of all the coronavirus related deaths (101,859).

Most of the European countries have had to deal with fast spreading coronavirus as cases and death toll have mounted by by the thousands. As many as 5 major European countries -- Spain, Italy, France, Germany, and the UK -- have crossed the 100,000 coronavirus cases and have accounted for almost half of all coronavirus deaths in the world.

Country, Other	Total Cases	New Cases	Total Deaths	New Deaths	Total Recovered	Active Cases	Tests/ 1M pop
Europe	1,089,674	+418	101,859	+23	313,030	674,785
Spain	198,674		20,453		77,357	100,864	19,896
Italy	178,972		23,660		47,055	108,257	22,436
France	152,894		19,718		36,578	96,598	7,103
Germany	145,742		4,642		91,500	49,600	20,629
UK	120,067		16,060		N/A	103,663	7,101

Only the United States of America has had more COVID-19 cases than these 5 countries.

Apart from the top 5, Russia, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Portugal, Ireland, Austria and Sweden have all had cases in 5 figures.

While 313,030 people in Europe have recovered after contracting the virus, as many as 674,785 people still remain infected. Out of these, 25m394 people are in a critical state.