COVID-19: Daily Death Counts Slow in Europe.

The death toll from the coronavirus is increasing steadily around the world. Hard-hit countries like France, Italy and Spain have recently experienced some easing of their daily death counts, which can be seen as an indicator that there might be some relief on the horizon. According to figures available on Worldometers, Spain recorded between 400 and 435 deaths per day recently, down from a high of 961 on April 2. Italy recorded only between 400 and 500 deaths recently per day after having reached a high of 919 daily deaths on March 27.

Figures from France show that many coronavirus deaths remain uncounted. The country periodically adds deaths recorded in care homes to its daily tally, resulting in spikes. The country most recently recorded close to 550 deaths in a day. Research by The Economist suggest that many countries experience excess deaths that are not included in coronavirus tallies and not explained otherwise, which means that the actual number of deaths caused by the virus is actually higher than the official totals suggest.

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