Within four years, say some historians, the plague spread throughout Europe and about a third of the population lost their life ​ — perhaps between 20 million and 30 million people. Even remote Iceland was decimated.
यहाँ तक कि दूर - दराज़ के आइसलैंड द्वीप में भी यह प्लेग पहुँच गया और वहाँ की ज़्यादातर आबादी को मिटा दिया ।