Portugal continued to be the country in the European Union with the most new cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection per million inhabitants in the last seven days and the second in the world in this indicator, according to the statistical portal Our World in Data.
The daily average of new cases fell from 2,580 per million inhabitants last week to 2,380 on Monday, followed by Germany with 429, Greece with 345, France with 343 and Finland with 335.
Globally, considering countries and territories with more than one million inhabitants, Taiwan has the highest average of new daily cases (3,070), followed by Portugal, New Zealand (1,340), Australia (1,140) and Panama (690).
As for daily deaths attributed to Covid-19, Portugal maintains the highest level in the European Union (3.68), followed by Finland with 2.7, Ireland with 2.21, Greece with 1.51 and Estonia with 1.4.
In global terms, looking at territories and countries with more than one million inhabitants, Taiwan has the highest daily average of new deaths attributed to Covid-19 (5.29), followed by Portugal, Finland, Ireland and New Zealand (1 .87).
The average number of new daily cases per million inhabitants in the European Union stands at 280 and the average number of new daily deaths is 0.83.
The global average of new cases is 59 and the number of new deaths attributed to Covid-19 is 0.18.
Source: Observadora
