Poland performs poor in tests and tops European list of deaths from Covid-19
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Poland performs the fewest tests for Covid-19 out of all 27 European Union countries. 300gospodarka portal analyzed the weekly averages of the number of tests performed in each country in the first 10 weeks of 2021, taking into account the number of tests performed for every 100,000 inhabitants of a given country – so that the size of the country's population does not affect the results.
According to the data of the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control, between January 1 and March 14, 2021, an average of 878 Covid-19 tests were performed in Poland for every 100,000 inhabitants per week. This result gives us last place among the 27 EU countries. Romania (930 tests per 100,000 inhabitants) is immediately ahead of us, followed by Bulgaria (941) and Croatia (1038).
The first place in the EU in terms of the number of Covid-19 tests performed in 2021 relative to the population is Cyprus (20,636), followed by Denmark (15,131) and Austria (11,459). The weekly EU average during the period in question – 4,193 tests per 100,000 – is almost five times higher than the Polish average.
Also throughout 2020, Poland – despite almost doubling the number of coronavirus tests – had the lowest weekly average of tests for Covid-19 in the entire European Union. Bulgaria was also second to last, and Slovakia was third from the last.
Poland also ranks first in the number of daily deaths. Although there were already more tragic days in the pandemic history of Poland (on November 25, 2020, as many as 674 patients died, and over 600 deaths were recorded several times during the second wave hit), our country remained "in the middle of the table", as there were still worse. However, vaccinations and appropriate decisions on the functioning of health care and restrictions mean that the situation in many countries is clearly improving.
