COVID-19 situation update for the EU/EEA and the UK, as of 8 December 2020

Epidemiological update

ECDC will switch to a weekly reporting schedule for the COVID-19 situation worldwide and in the EU/EEA and the UK on 17 December this year. Hence, all daily updates will be discontinued from 14 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 08 December 2020, 14 185 108 cases have been reported in the EU/EEA and the UK: France (2 295 908), Italy (1 742 557), United Kingdom (1 737 960), Spain (1 702 328), Germany (1 197 709), Poland (1 067 870), Belgium (592 479), Netherlands (563 608), Czechia (551 070), Romania (517 236), Portugal (325 071), Austria (303 157), Sweden (278 912), Hungary (256 367), Bulgaria (164 185), Croatia (152 239), Slovakia (117 283), Greece (116 721), Denmark (92 649), Slovenia (86 288), Lithuania (77 426), Ireland (74 468), Norway (38 322), Luxembourg (38 215), Finland (27 881), Latvia (21 520), Estonia (15 226), Cyprus (12 867), Malta (10 659), Iceland (5 496) and Liechtenstein (1 431).

As of 08 December 2020, 352 456 deaths have been reported in the EU/EEA and the UK: United Kingdom (61 434), Italy (60 606), France (55 521), Spain (46 646), Poland (20 181), Germany (19 342), Belgium (17 386), Romania (12 447), Netherlands (9 691), Czechia (9 036), Sweden (7 067), Hungary (6 120), Portugal (5 041), Bulgaria (5 010), Austria (3 827), Greece (3 092), Croatia (2 233), Ireland (2 099), Slovenia (1 288), Slovakia (1 018), Denmark (894), Lithuania (673), Finland (424), Norway (359), Luxembourg (353), Latvia (272), Malta (155), Estonia (134), Cyprus (63), Iceland (27) and Liechtenstein (17).

*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 2295908 55521 225.7 9.4
Italy 1742557 60606 514.9 16.8
United_Kingdom 1737960 61434 315.8 9.3
Spain 1702328 46646 255.0 7.5
Germany 1197709 19342 307.2 6.0
Poland 1067870 20181 504.4 16.9
Belgium 592479 17386 269.1 13.1
Netherlands 563608 9691 430.4 4.4
Czechia 551070 9036 511.1 15.7
Romania 517236 12447 486.2 11.7
Portugal 325071 5041 586.5 10.4
Austria 303157 3827 608.9 17.3
Sweden 278912 7067 698.0 4.6
Hungary 256367 6120 762.2 21.6
Bulgaria 164185 5010 560.3 27.7
Croatia 152239 2233 1141.9 20.5
Slovakia 117283 1018 381.8 6.0
Greece 116721 3092 221.1 12.8
Denmark 92649 894 361.6 1.8
Slovenia 86288 1288 985.6 28.7
Lithuania 77426 673 1045.0 10.1
Ireland 74468 2099 76.6 1.6
Norway 38322 359 104.3 0.9
Luxembourg 38215 353 1185.9 14.2
Finland 27881 424 107.7 0.7
Latvia 21520 272 431.5 5.7
Estonia 15226 134 397.8 3.2
Cyprus 12867 63 447.5 2.2
Malta 10659 155 310.6 8.3
Iceland 5496 27 58.0 0.3
Liechtenstein 1431 17 651.4 23.5
Total 14185108 352456 NA NA

 

Distribution of laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the EU/EEA and the UK, as of 8 December

Distribution of laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the EU/EEA and the UK, as of 8 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

Download the daily number of new reported cases of COVID-19 by country worldwide

The downloadable data file is updated daily and contains the latest available public data on COVID-19. You may use the data in line with ECDC’s copyright policy.