Covid infections and deaths are on the rise again in Europe, with Russia, Ukraine and Romania registering the highest fatalities on the continent, an AFP tally shows.
About 1,672,000 new cases have been registered in the continent over the past week, an average of about 239,000 per day.
That was an increase of 18 per cent on the previous week, according to AFP's data, compiled from official sources from 52 countries and territories in the region.
