COVID-19 situation update for the EU/EEA and the UK, as of 21 October 2020

The data presented on this page has been collected between 6:00 and 10:00 CET

Disclaimer: National updates are published at different times and in different time zones. This, and the time ECDC needs to process these data, may lead to discrepancies between the national numbers and the numbers published by ECDC. Users are advised to use all data with caution and awareness of their limitations. Data are subject to retrospective corrections; corrected datasets are released as soon as processing of updated national data has been completed.

How is the data collected? Sources: EU/EEA and UK data Sources: Worldwide data Interpretation of the data

As of 21 October 2020, 5 171 961 cases have been reported in the EU/EEA and the UK: Spain (988 322), France (930 745), United Kingdom (762 542), Italy (434 449), Germany (380 762), Netherlands (244 103), Belgium (240 066), Czechia (193 946), Poland (192 539), Romania (186 254), Sweden (106 380), Portugal (103 736), Austria (68 414), Ireland (52 256), Hungary (50 180), Denmark (36 373), Bulgaria (31 863), Slovakia (31 400), Croatia (26 863), Greece (26 469), Norway (16 603), Slovenia (14 479), Finland (13 849), Luxembourg (11 241), Lithuania (8 239), Malta (4 871), Iceland (4 193), Estonia (4 127), Latvia (3 609), Cyprus (2 839) and Liechtenstein (249).

As of 21 October 2020, 203 423 deaths have been reported in the EU/EEA and the UK: United Kingdom (43 967), Italy (36 705), Spain (34 210), France (33 885), Belgium (10 489), Germany (9 875), Netherlands (6 804), Romania (5 996), Sweden (5 922), Poland (3 721), Portugal (2 213), Ireland (1 865), Czechia (1 619), Hungary (1 259), Bulgaria (1 019), Austria (927), Denmark (688), Greece (528), Croatia (382), Finland (351), Norway (278), Slovenia (166), Luxembourg (136), Lithuania (120), Slovakia (98), Estonia (71), Latvia (46), Malta (46), Cyprus (25), Iceland (11) and Liechtenstein (1).

*United Kingdom: from 3 October 2020, due to a technical issue, COVID-19 cases from 24 September to 1 October will be reported by British authorities in the coming days.

On 2 October 2020, authorities in Ireland retrocorrected the total number of COVID-19 deaths leading to a negative value for the deaths reported on 3 October 2020.

From end of August 2020, Swedish authorities are performing daily data consolidation leading to data retro-corrections. From week 38, the Swedish Public Health Agency will update COVID-19 daily data four times per week on Tuesday–Friday. Hence, the cumulative figures and related outputs include cases and deaths from the previous 14 days with available data at the time of data collection.

As of 24 August 2020, Authorities in Luxembourg report COVID-19 cases and deaths from their resident population only. Therefore, the difference with the figure from 27 August is translated into a negative value for the cases and deaths reported on 28 August 2020

Distribution of laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the EU/EEA and the UK, as of 21 October

14-day COVID-19 case notification rate per 100 000, weeks 40-41

Disclaimer: This map, showing cases at sub-national level, is based on data recorded once a week. Therefore, the time frame for this map and the national table above is not the same, which can result in different values in the table and the map.