Poland juxtaposed with Europe in terms of coronavirus tests

According to portal Euractiv.pl, to date, 507,778 samples have been taken in Poland for the presence of coronavirus. 16,921 tests gave a positive diagnosis. 13,417 were calculated per 1 million of inhabitants. This is the 23rd result in the EU twenty-seven. The last four places go to Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece and Hungary.

The relatively low number of tests means that the number of people infected can be much higher than the official one.

The following figures are difficult to compare directly because the epidemic has come at different times in different countries. For example, 4x more tests per capita were carried out in Germany than in Poland. At the same time, in Germany, the first case of coronavirus was detected on January 28, which is more than a month before Poland, where it occurred on March 4. However, this proportion has not changed for two weeks. Therefore, after all, such rankings help to better understand different aspects of the epidemic situation in different countries. It is worth mentioning that Poland is not only in the 23rd place in the EU in terms of the number of tests per capita, but also in terms of the number of cases diagnosed per capita. Bulgaria has the lowest percentage of patients and tests in the EU.

(WBJ)