The Malta Independent 27 April 2024, Saturday
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Covid-19: Malta highest in EU for deaths per 100,000 people over past 14 days

Wednesday, 30 September 2020, 18:21 Last update: about 5 years ago

At 3.6 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, Malta now tops the ECDC chart for the EU when it comes to the 14-day cumulative number of deaths.

The list also includes countries from the European Economic as well as the UK.

35 people who were positive for Covid-19 have died in Malta since the pandemic began. The ECDC date does not yet include the latest Covid death. 22 of them died in September, while at least one person has died every day for the past 12 days.

23 new cases were found on Wednesday, for a total of 3,058 cases since the start of the pandemic.

Spain is second on the list, with 3.4 deaths per 100,000 people. Romania is in third place, with 2.9 deaths per 100,000 people.

As of 30 September 2020, 3,295,770 cases have been reported in the EU/EEA and the UK: Spain (758 172), France (550 690), United Kingdom (446 156), Italy (313 011), Germany (289 219), Romania (125 414), Netherlands (117 420), Belgium (117 021), Sweden (92 466), Poland (89 962), Portugal (74 717), Czechia (67 843), Austria (44 607), Ireland (35 740), Denmark (27 464), Hungary (26 461), Bulgaria (20 547), Greece (18 123), Croatia (16 380), Norway (13 788), Finland (9 892), Slovakia (9 574), Luxembourg (8 431), Slovenia (5 487), Lithuania (4 578), Estonia (3 315), Malta (3 035), Iceland (2 695), Latvia (1 729), Cyprus (1 713) and Liechtenstein (120).

As of 30 September 2020, 189,768 deaths have been reported in the EU/EEA and the UK: United Kingdom (42 072), Italy (35 875), France (31 893), Spain (31 614), Belgium (10 001), Germany (9 488), Netherlands (6 384), Sweden (5 890), Romania (4 792), Poland (2 483), Portugal (1 963), Ireland (1 803), Bulgaria (814), Austria (796), Hungary (765), Denmark (650), Czechia (636), Greece (388), Finland (345), Croatia (275), Norway (274), Slovenia (138), Luxembourg (124), Lithuania (92), Estonia (64), Slovakia (45), Latvia (37), Malta (34), Cyprus (22), Iceland (10) and Liechtenstein (1).

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