With Europe in the midst of a second wave of coronavirus cases and deaths, the continent has the greatest per capita of infections and fatalities despite strong restrictions, including lockdowns.
Cases worldwide are increasing 1 million every two days and on Sunday reached 67,377,463 with 1,541,373 deaths, according to tracking by Worldometers.info. But with 424,087 fatalities and 18,440,400 infections in Europe, the percentage is 27% each compared with a population of 9.6%.
On Saturday, Europe's share was 40.7% of the 4,144 new deaths and 10,186 total, and 30.5% of the 191,292 new cases and 626,385 total. On Sunday, 7,537 deaths and 535,018 cases were reported worldwide. The records were Friday with 12,834 deaths and 688,333 cases.
Europe has the most cases, as well as second-most deaths, just a few thousand behind North America. The United States, with only 4.3% of the world's population, leads with 282,268 deaths so far Sunday at 18.8% and 14,756,914 cases at 22%, according to tracking by Johns Hopkins.
Five European nations are in the top 10 for most deaths: No. 5 Britain at 61,245, No. 6 Italy at 60,078, No. 7 France at 55,155, No. 9 Spain at 46,252 and Russia at 43,141. Russia has the most cases on the continent with 2,460,770, fourth most in the world, including a record 29,039 Sunday.