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Coronavirus second wave: How are rising infections in Europe affecting COVID-19 deaths?

Pedestrians wearing face masks to prevent the spread of coronavirus walk in downtown Madrid, Spain
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Coronavirus second wave: How are rising infections in Europe affecting COVID-19 deaths?

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With much of Europe now experiencing higher levels of COVID-19 infections than recorded in the spring, what impact is this having on deaths?

While fatalities from the disease were rising in mid-October in the likes of Germany, France, the UK and Spain, it is far off the levels seen earlier this year.

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For instance, data collected by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, shows there were 88 daily COVID-19 deaths reported by France on October 16.

But at the peak in early April, the country was registering more than 1,000 fatalities over a 24-hour period.

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