Italy, the nation with the highest death toll in Europe, on Sunday detected a patient infected with the new variant as have Denmark and France. Europe has reported about 30% of the global COVID-19 fatalities and cases so far, according to a Reuters tally. Europe's death toll has accelerated in recent months. Since the first COVID-19 death was reported in France in February, it took eight months for the region to reach 250,000 deaths. It took only 60 days for the region to go from 250,000 to 500,000 deaths.

Source: bd News24 December 22, 2020 19:30 UTC