Portugal has the highest number of new Covid cases in Europe, 2nd globally
Worldwide, considering countries and territories with over one million inhabitants, Taiwan has the highest average of new daily cases (3,070), followed by Portugal and New Zealand (1,340).
Portugal remains the European Union country with the largest number of new cases of infection by SARS-CoV-2 per million inhabitants in the last seven days and the second in the world in this indicator, according to the statistical website Our World in Data.
The daily average of new cases dropped from 2,580 per million inhabitants last week to 2,380 this Monday, followed by Germany with 429, Greece with 345, France (343) and Finland (335).
Worldwide, considering countries and territories with over 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).
In terms of new daily deaths attributed to Covid-19, Portugal maintains the highest 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 average daily number of new deaths attributed to Covid-19 (5.29), followed by Portugal, Finland, Ireland and New Zealand (1.87).
The average of daily new cases per million inhabitants in the European Union is 280 and of daily new deaths 0.83.
The world average of new cases is 59 and of new deaths attributed to Covid-19 is 0.18.
