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. 2020 Mar;25(11):2000285.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.11.2000285. Epub 2020 Mar 16.

Rapidly increasing cumulative incidence of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the European Union/European Economic Area and the United Kingdom, 1 January to 15 March 2020

Pete Kinross  1 , Carl Suetens  1 , Joana Gomes Dias  1 , Leonidas Alexakis  1 , Ariana Wijermans  1 , Edoardo Colzani  1 , Dominique L Monnet  1 ; European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) Public Health Emergency Team  2 ; ECDC Public Health Emergency Team
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Rapidly increasing cumulative incidence of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the European Union/European Economic Area and the United Kingdom, 1 January to 15 March 2020

Pete Kinross et al. Euro Surveill. 2020 Mar.

Abstract

The cumulative incidence of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases is showing similar trends in European Union/European Economic Area countries and the United Kingdom confirming that, while at a different stage depending on the country, the COVID-19 pandemic is progressing rapidly in all countries. Based on the experience from Italy, countries, hospitals and intensive care units should increase their preparedness for a surge of patients with COVID-19 who will require healthcare, and in particular intensive care.

Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, coronavirus disease; coronavirus, EU/EEA, United Kingdom, Europe.

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Figure 1
Time distribution of the 14-day truncated cumulative incidence of COVID-19 for (A) 14-day truncated cumulative incidence ≥ 4.0 cases per 100,000 population and > 30 notified casesa and (B) 14-day truncated cumulative incidence < 4.0 cases per 100,000 population or < 30 notified casesb, EU/EEA countriesand the UKc, 15 March 2020
Figure 2
Figure 2
Cumulative number of COVID-19 cases in EU/EEA countries and the UK as at 15 March compared with that in Italy, 31 January–15 March 2020 (total number of cases in the EU/EEA and the UK as at 15 March 2020 8:00 a.m. = 39,768)
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