Hell in Europe.. Death Toll Continues to Skyrocket

Countries in Europe continue to report more and more cases of infections with the novel coronavirus (Covid-19), making the old continent living almost in a nightmare.

In Germany, the number of Covid-19 cases has hit 57,298, with 4,751 more people testing positive for the virus, as well as 66 new deaths, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported on Monday.

The new data brings the total nationwide death toll from Covid-19 to 455, the RKI said.

Doctors have recorded 4,751 more cases over the past 24 hours, which is a slight increase from the 3,965 new cases reported on Sunday.

Germany still has a lower death rate from the coronavirus compared to Italy and France, where more than 10,700 and 2,600 people have died respectively.

In Spain, it was officially announced that "about 12,298 health workers are infected with the new virus," Maria Jose Sierra, vice president of emergency health services in Spain, told a news conference this morning.

This number represents about 14 percent of the number of confirmed cases in the country, which totaled 85,195. Spain reported so far 7340 deaths related to the onfections.

In France, latest official figures revealed that infection cases have risen to 40147, while death toll rose to 2606.

In the hardest-hit European country- Italy, the number of new deaths fell for a second consecutive day, but the country is almost certain to see an extension of the strict containment measures imposed.

The Civil Protection Authority said that the number of deaths rose 756 during the past 24 hours to 10779 cases, which is more than a third of the total number of deaths due to the virus worldwide.

The new number is 133 more than the number of deaths recorded on Saturday, and stands at 889, when the numbers fell from a record high recorded by the authorities on Friday, reaching 919.

The total number of confirmed cases in Italy today increased to 97,689 from 92472 cases, marking the smallest daily increase in the number of new cases since Wednesday, and the largest death toll in Europe.