COVID-19 situation update for the EU/EEA and the UK, as of 6 December 2020

Epidemiological update

ECDC will move to a weekly reporting schedule for the COVID-19 situation (both worldwide and in the EU/EEA and the UK) in December 2020 . All daily updates will be discontinued from 7 December, and from 10 December ECDC will publish updates on the number of cases and deaths reported worldwide and aggregated by week every Thursday. The weekly data will be available as downloadable files in the following formats: XLSX, CSV, JSON and XML. As an exception, the weekly updates for the end-of-year festive season will be published on 23 December and 30 December 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 06 December 2020, 13 972 781 cases have been reported in the EU/EEA and the UK: France (2 281 475), Italy (1 709 991), United Kingdom (1 705 971), Spain (1 684 647), Germany (1 171 322), Poland (1 054 273), Belgium (589 806), Netherlands (549 784), Czechia (544 179), Romania (508 345), Portugal (318 640), Austria (298 231), Sweden (278 912), Hungary (250 278), Bulgaria (160 844), Croatia (147 454), Slovakia (115 462), Greece (114 568), Denmark (88 858), Slovenia (84 775), Lithuania (74 649), Ireland (73 948), Norway (37 371), Luxembourg (37 017), Finland (27 218), Latvia (20 787), Estonia (14 500), Cyprus (12 181), Malta (10 423), Iceland (5 476) and Liechtenstein (1 396).

As of 06 December 2020, 347 088 deaths have been reported in the EU/EEA and the UK: United Kingdom (61 014), Italy (59 514), France (54 981), Spain (46 252), Poland (19 861), Germany (18 772), Belgium (17 254), Romania (12 186), Netherlands (9 649), Czechia (8 815), Sweden (7 067), Hungary (5 868), Portugal (4 876), Bulgaria (4 729), Austria (3 674), Greece (2 902), Croatia (2 102), Ireland (2 099), Slovenia (1 244), Slovakia (981), Denmark (878), Lithuania (626), Finland (415), Norway (354), Luxembourg (345), Latvia (253), Malta (149), Estonia (126), Cyprus (59), Iceland (27) and Liechtenstein (16).

*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

EU/EEA and the UK Sum of Cases Sum of Deaths 14-day cumulative number of COVID-19 cases per 100 000 14-day cumulative number of COVID-19 deaths per 100 000
France 2281475 54981 230.4 9.6
Italy 1709991  59514 545.8 17.0
United_Kingdom 1705971 61014 319.0 9.6
Spain 1684647 46252 272.5 7.7
Germany 1171322 18772 304.8 5.7
Poland 1054273 19861 555.1 17.3
Belgium 589806 17254 261.9 14.3
Netherlands 549784 9649 411.4 4.6
Czechia 544179 8815 501.7 16.2
Romania 508345 12186 492.1 11.7
Portugal 318640 4876 609.8 10.2
Austria 298231 3674 647.1 17.1
Sweden 278912 7067 698.0 4.6
Hungary 250278 5868 774.2 21.2
Bulgaria 160844 4729 573.5 27.3
Croatia 147454 2102 1154.1 19.6
Slovakia 115462 981 370.7 6.2
Greece 114568 2902 228.0 12.8
Denmark 88858 878 331.1 1.7
Slovenia 84775 1244 984.7 28.2
Lithuania 74649 626 1070.4 9.0
Ireland 73948 2099 77.6 1.6
Norway 37371 354 111.4 0.9
Luxembourg 37017 345 1181.8 13.8
Finland 27218 415 108.8 0.7
Latvia 20787 253 418.9 5.2
Estonia 14500 126 386.8 2.9
Cyprus 12181 59 425.3 1.8
Malta 10423 149 305.9 8.5
Iceland 5476 27 58.0 0.3
Liechtenstein 1396 16 747.8 20.8
Total 13972781 347088 NA NA

 

Distribution of laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the EU/EEA and the UK, as of 6 December

Distribution of laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the EU/EEA and the UK, as of 6 December
Distribution of laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the EU/EEA and the UK

14-day COVID-19 case notification rate per 100 000, weeks 47-48

14-day COVID-19 case notification rate per 100 000, weeks 47-48
14-day COVID-19 case notification rate per 100 000

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.

More data resources

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