The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that in the last 24 hours more than 13,000 global deaths and 692,000 new coronavirus infections, the worst daily figures in almost a year of the pandemic, raising the total Since its inception, 69.5 million cases and 1.58 million deaths.
The slight decrease in global daily cases that was perceived two weeks ago, thanks mainly to the decrease in infections in Europe, has not been consolidated and world numbers are rising again, indicating that the current wave is far from over.
America, with 29.7 million cases, registered a record number of 328,000 new positives last day, while Europe, with 21.4 million infections, notified WHO 273,000, far from the figures of a month ago but showing an increase in infections compared to last week.
The third most affected region, South Asia, with 11.3 million cases, however, shows a decrease in daily infections.
CASES DROP AND STABILIZED IN FRANCE AND THE UNITED KINGDOM
U.S, a country where the use of the Pfizer and BioNTech anticovid vaccine was approved today, adds 15.4 million cases and his graph also continues to rise.
On the other hand, cases in India decrease, second most affected country with 9.8 million cases since the start of the pandemic, as they continue to rise in Brazil (6.7 million) and Russia (2.5 million).
France and the UK show stabilization in daily cases after weeks of declines, while the downward curve remains in the following most affected countries, Italy and Spain, both with more than 1.7 million positives.
Recovered patients on the planet are approaching 50 million and of the 20 million active patients 0.5 percent (106 thousand) are in serious condition, according to data from national health networks.
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