Covid cases surging again in Europe -------------------------------------------- Around a third of European countries are seeing a dramatic rise in Covid-19 cases after a rush to ease restrictions -------------------------------------------- DAILY NEW CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASES (per million people, seven-day rolling average to Mar 31) Singled out for concern by WHO Germany 6,735.83 75 Cyprus 4,853.77 72 France 2,516.94 78 Greece 2,034.18 73 Italy 1,231.86 79 UK 1,094.67 72 Ireland 1,052.20 80 Shown for compariso Europe 1,551.64 65 U.S. 139.45 66 00 % of population fully vaccinated New European cases* 5.09m -------------------------------------------- Sources: World Health Organisation (WHO), Bloomberg, Our World in Data *Confirmed European cases in past seven days © GRAPHIC NEWS