Europe Records More Than 1 Mn Virus Cases

Death toll from Coronavirus rises to almost 100,000 in continent

BERLIN: The European Center for Disease Control says the continent now has more than 1 million confirmed cases and almost 100,000 deaths from the new Coronavirus.

According to a tally, Spain had the most cases in the region with 191,726, followed by Italy, Germany, Britain, and France.

It listed Italy as having the most deaths in Europe, with 23,227, followed by Spain, France, Britain, and Belgium.

According to the tally, Europe accounts for almost half the global caseload and more than half the total deaths.

UNITED STATES

Vice President Mike Pence says 150,000 Coronavirus tests are now being conducted daily in the U.S. but suggested that governors and not the federal government were to blame for numbers not being higher.

Pence said that, “if states around the country will activate all of the laboratories that are available in their states, we could more than double that overnight.”