April 19, 2024

Athens News

News in English from Greece

Coronavirus: the sad championship of Greece in the number of deaths

In terms of the number of deaths per million inhabitants from the coronavirus, Greece remains the leader, ahead of European countries and the United States, according to data over the past two weeks.

At the beginning of the pandemic, the Greeks were shocked by images from Italian hospitals and reports on the spread of coronavirus in Europe. The government assured that our country managed to “avoid the worst”, thanks to the actions of the Ministry of Health, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and an expert commission with Sotiris Tsiodras.

Two years later, Europe is sadly watching the situation in Greece – in most countries EU the situation is balanced, and the death rate, thanks to better care in hospitals, has fallen sharply.

This year alone, Greece has lost at least 3.5 thousand people who died from covid. The situation is uncontrollable and indicates chaos in the healthcare system. Analytical data show that in Greece today the number of deaths per million citizens is much higher than in Portugal, Spain, Germany, Great Britain, and Cyprus. The figure exceeds the European average. Dry numbers:

Deaths per million since the beginning of the pandemic:

US 2729, 89.

Belgium 2529.93.

Italy 2476.70.

Greece 2345.25.

UK 2328.41.

EU 2175.04.

Spain 2030.82.

France 1982.75.

Germany 1420.96.

Cyprus 843.75.

Deaths per million in the last two weeks

Greece 140.97.

US 104.96.

Italy 86.50.

EU 57.98.

France 57.78.

Spain 55.11.

UK 52.63.

Belgium 43.16.

Cyprus 35.71.

Germany 21.75.

Can the government explain these sad figures? But it will have to…



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