COVID 19___Understanding the European numbers

Is there a correlation between the 2 maps below ? Yes there is, at least according to the World Health Organization! https://www.vox.com/2020/2/28/21157769/how-to-prevent-the-coronavirus 

But let´s not forget to put COVID 19 in perspective comparing it with tuberculosis (that during the 19th and early 20th centuries killed more people than any other disease)
http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/communicable-diseases/tuberculosis/tuberculosis-read-more