EU surpasses 1 million daily infections for the first time

France 330,000, Italy 190,000, Spain 140,000

Omicron Dominant Species Established and Spreading Helpless

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Yeon-sook = The number of daily new coronavirus infections (COVID-19) in the European Union (EU) surpassed 1 million for the first time in history.

As the Omicron mutation has become the dominant species, hundreds of thousands of new infections are pouring in in major European countries every day.

According to Worldometer, an international statistics site, the total daily number of new confirmed cases in EU member states exceeded 1 million as of the 5th (local time).

According to Bloomberg News, it is the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic that the number of new cases in the EU surpassed 1 million per day.

By member state, France had the most with 333,252, followed by Italy with 189,109 and Spain with 137,180.

The number of new cases in France surpassed 200,000 on December 29 last year, followed by 200,000 new cases every day and over 300,000 on the same day.

It is the first time that so many confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported in one day, not only in France, but also in Europe.

Italy also set a record for the most daily cases.

Even in Italy, which has a population of 58 million, about 3.2% of the population was diagnosed with COVID-19 in one day.

Germany (63,191), Greece (43,386), Portugal (39,570), Denmark (26,200), Netherlands (24,490), Belgium (18,630), Ireland (17,656), Poland (17,197) and the Czech Republic (11,176) also recorded five-digit new cases.

194,747 new confirmed cases were also reported in the UK, which has been the main victim of the European pandemic, which has left the EU.

Although the number was down from 218,000 the day before, it is still close to 200,000.

European countries, including the UK, are feeling a serious burden on the operation of medical systems such as intensive care units due to the rapid increase in the number of confirmed cases.

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