Situation update for the EU/EEA, the UK and Switzerland
Situation update 27 February 8:00 CET
As of 27 February, 477 cases and 14 deaths have been reported in the EU/EEA, the UK and Switzerland:
- 400 cases in Italy (three imported, 397 locally acquired),
- 21 cases in Germany (four imported, 17 locally acquired),
- 17 cases in France (eight imported, nine locally acquired),
- 13 cases in the United Kingdom (12 imported, one locally acquired),
- 12 cases in Spain (eleven imported, one local),
- two cases in Austria (two imported),
- two cases in Croatia (one imported, one local),
- two cases in Finland (two imported),
- two cases in Sweden (two imported),
- one case in Belgium (imported),
- one in Denmark (imported),
- one in Greece (imported),
- one in Norway (imported),
- one in Romania (local)
- one in Switzerland (imported).
Twelve deaths have been reported in Italy; two deaths has been reported in France.
EU/EEA and the UK | Imported cases | Locally acquired cases | Total Cases | Total Deaths | ||
Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | |||
Italy | 5 | 0 | 395 | 12 | 400 | 12 |
Germany | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
France | 8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 2 |
United Kingdom | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
Spain | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
Finland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Austria | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Sweden | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Croatia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Denmark | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Belgium | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Romania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Norway | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Greece | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 52 | 1 | 425 | 13 | 477 | 14 |
Distribution of laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the EU/EEA and the UK, as of 27 February 2020
Geographic distribution of COVID-19 in the EU/EEA and the UK, as of 27 February 2020

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