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Summary table from the previous post covering worldwide trends (https://trueeconomics.blogspot.com/2021/02/14221-covid19-update-worldwide-data.html) puts Europe and EU 27 in the context of global trends:The chart next shows weekly data dynamics for new cases for EU27 and Europe:Both Europe and EU27 have experienced two waves of the pandemic, with the second wave characterized by two key features:Long and slow decline in the new cases counts, lasting from the peak of the wave around Week 45 of 2020; and Re-acceleration in the wave into another local peak at Week 1 of 2021. The quick reversals of decline trend around Weeks 51-53 of 2020 is a worrying sign that improvements in overall pandemic trends are fragile.The fragility of the trend in terms of improvements are even more evident in
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Summary table from the previous post covering worldwide trends (https://trueeconomics.blogspot.com/2021/02/14221-covid19-update-worldwide-data.html) puts Europe and EU 27 in the context of global trends:The chart next shows weekly data dynamics for new cases for EU27 and Europe:Both Europe and EU27 have experienced two waves of the pandemic, with the second wave characterized by two key features:Long and slow decline in the new cases counts, lasting from the peak of the wave around Week 45 of 2020; and Re-acceleration in the wave into another local peak at Week 1 of 2021. The quick reversals of decline trend around Weeks 51-53 of 2020 is a worrying sign that improvements in overall pandemic trends are fragile.The fragility of the trend in terms of improvements are even more evident in
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Summary table from the previous post covering worldwide trends (https://trueeconomics.blogspot.com/2021/02/14221-covid19-update-worldwide-data.html) puts Europe and EU 27 in the context of global trends:
Both Europe and EU27 have experienced two waves of the pandemic, with the second wave characterized by two key features:
- Long and slow decline in the new cases counts, lasting from the peak of the wave around Week 45 of 2020; and
- Re-acceleration in the wave into another local peak at Week 1 of 2021.
The quick reversals of decline trend around Weeks 51-53 of 2020 is a worrying sign that improvements in overall pandemic trends are fragile.
One clear positive trend remains in terms of mortality rates per case:
The caveat to the above is a slight uplift in mortality around Week 51 of 2020 as shown in the above.
As with global figures, it is too early to say anything about vaccinations effects on general trends.